One downside of living in Union Springs, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.30 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Union Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Union Springs, just 12.34% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Union Springs in 2018 was $15,220, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $60,880 for a family of four. Union Springs also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 51.73% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Union Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Union Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Union Springs residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Union Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.04% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Union Springs include German, Irish, Italian, African, and English.
The most common language spoken in Union Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
