Overview West Union is a tiny town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 271 people and just one neighborhood, West Union is the 781st largest community in Illinois. West Union has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns. Occupations and Workforce West Union is a blue-collar town, with 37.08% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, West Union is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Union who work in office and administrative support (22.47%), management occupations (21.35%), and sales jobs (19.10%). Setting & Lifestyle The overall crime rate in West Union is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. 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!) West 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. West Union has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in West Union than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, West Union may be for you. Being a small town, West Union does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work. West Union Demographics The population of West Union has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.20% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in West Union in 2022 was $37,234, which is middle income relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,936 for a family of four. However, West Union contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call West Union home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Union residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Union include English, Irish, German, European, and Welsh. The most common language spoken in West Union is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.