San Leandro vs Union City

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

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

San Leandro has the higher population (88,531 vs 68,141 in Union City). Union City has the higher median household income ($137,194 vs $98,063 in San Leandro). Union City has the higher median home value ($1,058,200 vs $813,600 in San Leandro).

Population, income & housing

	San Leandro	Union City
Population	88,531	68,141
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,063	$137,194
Median home value	$813,600	$1,058,200
Median gross rent	$2,115	$2,713
Housing units	32,285	21,923
Homeownership rate	58.3%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	45.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Leandro	Union City
Population	90,025 → 88,531 (-1.7%)	74,722 → 68,141 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$78,003 → $98,063 (+25.7%)	$114,681 → $137,194 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$590,800 → $813,600 (+37.7%)	$765,500 → $1,058,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,652 → $2,115 (+28.0%)	$2,202 → $2,713 (+23.2%)

San Leandro

Population

90,02588,531

Median household income

$78,003$98,063

Median home value

$590,800$813,600

Median gross rent

$1,652$2,115

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)

	San Leandro	Union City
Under 5	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.6%
75 and over	7.9%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Leandro	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	14.6%
Black or African American	9.5%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	35.0%	55.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.8%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	28.8%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Leandro	Union City
No high school diploma	16.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	21.8%	18.9%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Leandro	Union City
Drove alone	61.8%	61.5%
Carpooled	11.6%	12.5%
Public transit	10.4%	5.1%
Walked	1.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.8%	17.7%
Other means	1.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Leandro	Union City
1-unit, detached	57.7%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	18.7%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	San Leandro	Union City
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.84	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1959	1979