Editing Union City, New Jersey (section)

===Demographics in the 2010s and 2020s===
As of May 2017, the age breakdown of the city was as follows: 22.5% of residents were under the age of 18, of which 6.6% were under the age of five; and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older.<ref name=BestPlaces>{{cite web|url=https://www.bestplaces.net/economy/city/new_jersey/union_city|title=Economy in Union City, New Jersey|publisher=Best Places|access-date=May 28, 2021|archive-date=May 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529015633/https://www.bestplaces.net/economy/city/new_jersey/union_city}}</ref> In 2019, the median age was 37.8 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://censusreporter.org/profiles/97000US3416380-union-city-school-district-nj/|title=Union City School District, NJ|publisher=Census Reporter|date=2019|access-date=May 29, 2021|archive-date=May 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529043033/https://censusreporter.org/profiles/97000US3416380-union-city-school-district-nj/}}</ref>

As of July 2019, Union City's employment breakdown was:
7.8% Construction;
9.6% Manufacturing;
4.4% Wholesale trade;
12.3% Retail;
9.4% Transportation and warehousing;
0.4% Utilities;
1.8% Information;
3.7% Finance and insurance;
2.1% Real estate, rental, leasing;
4.1% Professional, scientific, technical services;
8.2% Administrative, support, waste management;
5.2% Educational services;
10.1% Health care and social assistance;
2.1% Arts, entertainment, recreation;
11.0% Accommodation, food services; 
5.7% Other services;
and 2.1% Public administration.<ref name=BestPlaces/>

As of July 2019, 71.5% of residents age 25 or older had completed high school or a higher level of education, and 21.6% had a Bachelor's degree or higher degree of education.<ref name=CensusJuly2019>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/unioncitycitynewjersey/PST045219|title=Quick Facts|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|date=July 1, 2019|access-date=May 28, 2021|archive-date=October 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024133501/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/unioncitycitynewjersey/PST045219}}</ref> As of the 2000 Census, 17% of the city's employed residents work in New York City.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/commuting/files/2kresmcd_NJ_1.xls 2000 Census Worker Flow Files], [[United States Census Bureau]].</ref>

Of Union City's 24,931 housing units in 2010 (up 1,190 from the 2000 Census), 2,117 of them, or 8%, were vacant, twice the vacancy rate of the 2000 Census.<ref name=2010Census/>

As of May 2017, the average income of a Union City resident was $19,834 a year, and the compared to a national average of $28,555 a year. The median household income of a Union City resident is $40,939 a year, compared to the national median of is $53,482.<ref name=BestPlaces/> By July 2019, the median household income was $48,992.<ref name=CensusJuly2019/>

In the 2000s, the [[Brookings Institution]] studies ranked Union City among the 92 most economically depressed localities in the United States, with 18.1% of the population and 27.5% of the children falling below the [[poverty line]]. In 1997, the New Jersey Municipal Distress Index, which is based on social, economic, fiscal and physical indicators, ranked Union City as the third most distressed community in the state.<ref name=TechPlans>[http://www.union-city.k12.nj.us/edinovations/TechPlans-04-07.pdf The Union City Public Schools: Technology Plan 2004–2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060218004823/http://www.union-city.k12.nj.us/edinovations/TechPlans-04-07.pdf |date=2006-02-18 }}, [[Union City School District (New Jersey)|Union City Board of Education]], approved April 29, 2004, p. 4 of 25. Accessed June 25, 2007. "According to the 1997 New Jersey Municipal Distress Index, which is based on social, economic, fiscal and physical indicators, of the 566 municipalities in New Jersey, Union City is considered to be the 3rd most distressed community in the state.... In the 1940s Union City attracted the first Cuban immigrants. These early Cubans learned of Union City's famed embroidery factories and came in search of work."</ref> By July 2019, 19.6% of residents lived in poverty.<ref name=CensusJuly2019/>