Union is a very small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 2,229 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Union is the 417th largest community in New Jersey. Union has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.

Also of interest is that Union 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: 9.20% 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, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.78 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

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 education level of Union citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.19% of adults in Union have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Union in 2022 was $57,103, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $228,412 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 31.80% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Union include Haitian, Brazilian, Irish, German, and Palestinian.

In addition, Union has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (43.15%).

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