Boligee vs Union

A side-by-side comparison of Boligee and Union: population, income, housing, and more.

Boligee and Union are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boligee has the higher population (213 vs 172 in Union). Boligee has the higher median household income ($25,076 vs $20,000 in Union). Since 2019, Union's population has grown faster (-44.2% vs -51.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Boligee	Union
Population	213	172
Median age	31.7 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$25,076	$20,000
Median gross rent	$379	—
Housing units	181	101
Homeownership rate	30.5%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boligee	Union
Population	441 → 213 (-51.7%)	308 → 172 (-44.2%)
Median household income	$7,875 → $25,076 (+218.4%)	$26,125 → $20,000 (-23.4%)
Median home value	$28,300 → $65,900 (+132.9%)	$48,500 → $48,600 (+0.2%)
Median gross rent	$367 → $379 (+3.3%)	—

Boligee

Population

441213

Median household income

$7,875$25,076

Median home value

$28,300$65,900

Median gross rent

$367$379

Union

Population

308172

Median household income

$26,125$20,000

Median home value

$48,500$48,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boligee	Union
Under 5	10.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	8.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	39.9%	20.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	3.8%	6.4%
55 to 64	9.4%	29.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.0%
75 and over	0.9%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boligee	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	7.5%	0.0%
Black or African American	92.5%	98.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boligee	Union
No high school diploma	6.1%	15.4%
High school graduate	58.5%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boligee	Union
Drove alone	87.9%	84.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boligee	Union
1-unit, detached	40.3%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	32.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	40.6%

Poverty & households

	Boligee	Union
Poverty rate	33.3%	23.3%
Average household size	1.81	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	50
Median year structure built	1973	1983