It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Union has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Union has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Union than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Union may be for you.
One downside of living in Union is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Union, the average commute to work is 31.47 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Despite being a small town, Union has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get 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 2022 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.
In addition, Union has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (50.07%).
The most common language spoken in Union is French. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and English.
