The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Union has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Union a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Union, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.47 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
In Union, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Union is a relatively small town. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The education level of Union citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.26% of adults in Union have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Union in 2018 was $48,307, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $193,228 for a family of four. However, Union contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Union is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Union home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Union residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Union also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Union include Haitian, Brazilian, Irish, German, and Italian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Union's cultural character, accounting for 50.07% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Union is French. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and English.
