Coldwater vs Union City

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

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

Coldwater has the higher population (13,847 vs 1,814 in Union City). Union City has the higher median household income ($57,016 vs $50,084 in Coldwater). Coldwater has the higher median home value ($120,900 vs $107,000 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Union City
Population	13,847	1,814
Median age	40.2 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,084	$57,016
Median home value	$120,900	$107,000
Median gross rent	$912	$783
Housing units	4,980	810
Homeownership rate	61.3%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Union City
Population	12,241 → 13,847 (+13.1%)	1,665 → 1,814 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$43,200 → $50,084 (+15.9%)	$46,417 → $57,016 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $120,900 (+37.1%)	$77,000 → $107,000 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$740 → $912 (+23.2%)	$640 → $783 (+22.3%)

Coldwater

Population

12,24113,847

Median household income

$43,200$50,084

Median home value

$88,200$120,900

Median gross rent

$740$912

Union City

Population

1,6651,814

Median household income

$46,417$57,016

Median home value

$77,000$107,000

Median gross rent

$640$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Union City
Under 5	5.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	23.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	7.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	4.1%
75 and over	6.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	77.0%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.7%	15.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Union City
No high school diploma	12.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Union City
Drove alone	76.6%	75.4%
Carpooled	13.7%	14.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.8%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Union City
1-unit, detached	53.7%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	8.2%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Union City
Poverty rate	19.9%	12.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	16	27
Median year structure built	1967	1948