One downside of living in Union Springs is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Union Springs, the average commute to work is 37.76 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Union Springs is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Union Springs, just 11.70% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Union Springs in 2022 was $18,450, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $73,800 for a family of four. Union Springs also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.34% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Union Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Union Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Union Springs residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Union Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.78% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Union Springs include German, Irish, African, Scots-Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Union Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
