Union vs Washington

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

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

Washington has the higher population (14,948 vs 12,560 in Union). Washington has the higher median household income ($78,510 vs $71,760 in Union). Washington has the higher median home value ($217,500 vs $199,100 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Union	Washington
Population	12,560	14,948
Median age	33.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,760	$78,510
Median home value	$199,100	$217,500
Median gross rent	$847	$846
Housing units	5,180	6,610
Homeownership rate	62.9%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Union	Washington
Population	11,475 → 12,560 (+9.5%)	14,014 → 14,948 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$52,577 → $71,760 (+36.5%)	$60,882 → $78,510 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $199,100 (+33.8%)	$165,000 → $217,500 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $847 (+16.7%)	$762 → $846 (+11.0%)

Union

Population

11,47512,560

Median household income

$52,577$71,760

Median home value

$148,800$199,100

Median gross rent

$726$847

Washington

Population

14,01414,948

Median household income

$60,882$78,510

Median home value

$165,000$217,500

Median gross rent

$762$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Union	Washington
Under 5	8.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.4%
75 and over	5.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Union	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	91.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Union	Washington
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	32.1%	23.4%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Union	Washington
Drove alone	77.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	12.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Union	Washington
1-unit, detached	66.8%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	10.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Union	Washington
Poverty rate	7.8%	7.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1996	1978