Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.99 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Union City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of adults in Union City who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.21% of the adults in Union City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Union City in 2022 was $23,959, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,836 for a family of four. However, Union City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Union City include Irish, English, German, British, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Union City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
