Union City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 65,414 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.Unlike some cities 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 city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Union City who work in management occupations (11.16%), computer science and math (10.43%), and office and administrative support (9.42%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 17.70% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Union City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.88 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead. 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.The education level of Union City ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Union City, 45.30% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Union City in 2022 was $56,020, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $224,080 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 19.32% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Union City include German, Irish, English, Afghan, and Portuguese. In addition, Union City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (46.94%). The most common language spoken in Union City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
