Union City is a very small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 2,887 people and two associated neighborhoods, Union City is the 505th largest community in Pennsylvania. Much of the housing stock in Union City was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Union City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Union City is a borough of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Union City who work in sales jobs (11.07%), food service (10.36%), and management occupations (6.29%). The borough 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 City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Union City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Union City is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of people in Union City with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.29% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Union City in 2022 was $25,176, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,704 for a family of four. However, Union City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 White. Important ancestries of people in Union City include English, German, Polish, Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Union City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
