Newark vs Union City

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

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

Union City has the higher population (68,141 vs 47,145 in Newark). Newark has the higher median household income ($164,909 vs $137,194 in Union City). Newark has the higher median home value ($1,094,200 vs $1,058,200 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Union City
Population	47,145	68,141
Median age	37.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$164,909	$137,194
Median home value	$1,094,200	$1,058,200
Median gross rent	$2,730	$2,713
Housing units	15,897	21,923
Homeownership rate	69.7%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Union City
Population	47,171 → 47,145 (-0.1%)	74,722 → 68,141 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$116,856 → $164,909 (+41.1%)	$114,681 → $137,194 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$742,100 → $1,094,200 (+47.4%)	$765,500 → $1,058,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,277 → $2,730 (+19.9%)	$2,202 → $2,713 (+23.2%)

Newark

Population

47,17147,145

Median household income

$116,856$164,909

Median home value

$742,100$1,094,200

Median gross rent

$2,277$2,730

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)

	Newark	Union City
Under 5	6.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	16.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.6%
75 and over	5.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	14.6%
Black or African American	3.5%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	42.7%	55.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.8%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.6%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Union City
No high school diploma	10.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	19.8%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Union City
Drove alone	60.5%	61.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	12.5%
Public transit	3.0%	5.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.5%	17.7%
Other means	1.4%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Union City
1-unit, detached	68.2%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	4.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Union City
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.0%
Average household size	3.10	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1975	1979