Alameda vs Union City

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

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

Alameda has the higher population (76,876 vs 68,141 in Union City). Union City has the higher median household income ($137,194 vs $132,015 in Alameda). Alameda has the higher median home value ($1,203,900 vs $1,058,200 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Alameda	Union City
Population	76,876	68,141
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$132,015	$137,194
Median home value	$1,203,900	$1,058,200
Median gross rent	$2,394	$2,713
Housing units	32,129	21,923
Homeownership rate	49.0%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alameda	Union City
Population	78,522 → 76,876 (-2.1%)	74,722 → 68,141 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$104,756 → $132,015 (+26.0%)	$114,681 → $137,194 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$859,900 → $1,203,900 (+40.0%)	$765,500 → $1,058,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,836 → $2,394 (+30.4%)	$2,202 → $2,713 (+23.2%)

Alameda

Population

78,52276,876

Median household income

$104,756$132,015

Median home value

$859,900$1,203,900

Median gross rent

$1,836$2,394

Union City

Population

74,72268,141

Median household income

$114,681$137,194

Median home value

$765,500$1,058,200

Median gross rent

$2,202$2,713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alameda	Union City
Under 5	6.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.6%
75 and over	6.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alameda	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	14.6%
Black or African American	5.9%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	30.0%	55.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.8%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alameda	Union City
No high school diploma	6.6%	12.6%
High school graduate	10.8%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alameda	Union City
Drove alone	46.7%	61.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.5%
Public transit	12.2%	5.1%
Walked	2.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	28.1%	17.7%
Other means	1.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alameda	Union City
1-unit, detached	42.6%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	20.4%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Alameda	Union City
Poverty rate	6.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.54	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1964	1979