Union City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 66,196 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Union City is the 128th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Union City are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Union City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.59% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Union City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.83 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Union City ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Union City, 45.14% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Union City in 2022 was $57,977, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $231,908 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 Asian, followed by White. Union City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.20% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Union City include German, Irish, English, Portuguese, and Afghan.

Union City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 48.69%.

The most common language spoken in Union City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.