Overview Union City is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 1,564 people and just one neighborhood, Union City is the 500th largest community in Ohio. Occupations and Workforce Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Union City is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 44.64% of the Union City workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Union City is a village of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Union City who work in food service (12.69%), sales jobs (12.04%), and office and administrative support (7.44%). Setting & Lifestyle It is a fairly quiet village 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 City 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 City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Union City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Union City may be for you. Being a small village, Union City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work. Union City Demographics Union City ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.55% of people over 25 have a college degree. The per capita income in Union City in 2022 was $20,821, which is low income relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $83,284 for a family of four. However, Union City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Union City also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.92% of its population below the federal poverty line. Union City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. 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, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Union City include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Union City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.