Union City is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 67,088 people and 22 constituent neighborhoods, Union City is the 14th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Union City was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Union City is a blue-collar town, with 39.2% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Union City is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Union City who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.13%), sales jobs (9.28%), and food service (6.44%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Union City are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Union City is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Union City, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Union City Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Union City rank slightly lower than the national average. 12.45% of adults 25 and older in Union City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Union City in 2000 was $13,997, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $55,988 for a family of four.

Union City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Union City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Union City, accounting for 82.34% of the city's residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The most prevalent race in Union City is African-American, followed by Asian. The main ancestry of people in Union City is Italian.

Union City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 58.70%.

The most common language spoken in Union City is Spanish. Some people also speak English.