The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Union has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Union a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Union, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.47 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.
Despite being a small town, Union has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Union are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.26% of adults in Union have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Union in 2022 was $48,307, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $193,228 for a family of four. However, Union contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Union is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Union home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Union residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Union also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.92% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Union include Haitian, Brazilian, Irish, German, and Italian.
Union also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 50.07%.
The most common language spoken in Union is French. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and English.
