Union City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 67,039 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Union City is the 128th largest community in California. Union City home prices are not only among the most expensive in California, but Union City real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Union City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Union City is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Union City who work in computer science and math (10.75%), management occupations (9.99%), and office and administrative support (9.10%). Also of interest is that Union City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.04% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Union City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.74 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. 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 subway. For Union City, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.Union City is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 44.95% of adults in Union City have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Union City in 2022 was $52,646, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $210,584 for a family of four. Union City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Union City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Union City residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Union City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Union City include Afghan, German, Irish, English, and Portuguese. In addition, Union City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (47.27%). The most common language spoken in Union City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
