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Union City, NJ real estate and demographic information

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Union City zip codes07087

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POPULATION
67,088

Union City, NJ Information

UNION CITY INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 67,088
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 23,741
UNION CITY HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 17.50%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 78.84%
% VACANT 3.66%
TYPE OF UNION CITY HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 4.90%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 4.10%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 39.53%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 51.39%
MOBILE HOMES 0.05%
OTHER 0.03%
SIZE OF UNION CITY HOMES
NO BEDROOM 9.29%
1 BEDROOM 35.12%
2 BEDROOMS 35.85%
3 BEDROOMS 14.38%
4 BEDROOMS 3.37%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 1.99%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 1.56%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 15.86%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 40.00%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 42.58%


UNION CITY REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $369,001
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $1,202
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$116,000 2.79%
$116,001-$231,000 11.53%
$231,001-$463,000 64.45%
$463,001-$694,000 16.80%
$694,001-$924,000 2.86%
$924,001-$1,157,000 0.67%
$1,157,001-$1,735,000 0.00%
$1,735,001-$2,311,000 0.39%
> $2,311,000 0.51%


PEOPLE OF Union City DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 7.22%
5 TO 17 18.06%
18 TO 24 11.11%
25 TO 34 17.58%
35 TO 54 27.92%
55 TO 64 8.19%
65 YEARS AND OVER 9.94%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 54.42%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 12.45%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $30,642
PER CAPITA INCOME $13,997
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 21.37%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Manufacturing (18.27%), Retail (11.34%), Transportation (9.21%), Accomodation (8.28%), Healthcare (8.17%), Wholesale (7.91%), Education (5.74%), Construction (5.11%), Other (5.03%), Finance (4.75%), Administration (4.26%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (4.11%), Information Technology (3.33%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 4.91%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 58.30%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 3.39%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.53%
ASIAN 2.54%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.09%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 28.18%
TWO OR MORE RACES 6.97%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 82.34%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (75.85%), Unclassified (11.60%), Italian (3.86%), United States or American (2.46%)
FOREIGN BORN 58.70%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN Spanish (74.84%) , English (12.86%)
About Union City

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. Union City has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

When you are in Union City, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 39.2% of Union City's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. 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.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Union City is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Union City area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Union City Information and Demographics

The citizens of Union City are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.45% of adults in Union City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

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.

In addition, Union City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (58.70%).

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

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