Pleasanton vs Union City

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

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

Pleasanton has the higher population (77,500 vs 68,141 in Union City). Pleasanton has the higher median household income ($186,206 vs $137,194 in Union City). Pleasanton has the higher median home value ($1,432,300 vs $1,058,200 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasanton	Union City
Population	77,500	68,141
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$186,206	$137,194
Median home value	$1,432,300	$1,058,200
Median gross rent	$3,017	$2,713
Housing units	28,663	21,923
Homeownership rate	67.1%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.7%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasanton	Union City
Population	81,717 → 77,500 (-5.2%)	74,722 → 68,141 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$156,400 → $186,206 (+19.1%)	$114,681 → $137,194 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$986,800 → $1,432,300 (+45.1%)	$765,500 → $1,058,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,396 → $3,017 (+25.9%)	$2,202 → $2,713 (+23.2%)

Pleasanton

Population

81,71777,500

Median household income

$156,400$186,206

Median home value

$986,800$1,432,300

Median gross rent

$2,396$3,017

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)

	Pleasanton	Union City
Under 5	4.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.3%	15.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.6%
75 and over	7.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasanton	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	38.8%	14.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	41.6%	55.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.8%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasanton	Union City
No high school diploma	3.8%	12.6%
High school graduate	9.7%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	32.5%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasanton	Union City
Drove alone	55.8%	61.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	12.5%
Public transit	7.0%	5.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	26.3%	17.7%
Other means	1.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasanton	Union City
1-unit, detached	60.7%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	4.4%
20 or more units	13.3%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Pleasanton	Union City
Poverty rate	5.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.78	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1984	1979