Kearny vs Union City

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

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

Union City has the higher population (66,375 vs 40,570 in Kearny). Kearny has the higher median household income ($83,212 vs $65,369 in Union City). Union City has the higher median home value ($446,800 vs $431,700 in Kearny).

Population, income & housing

	Kearny	Union City
Population	40,570	66,375
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,212	$65,369
Median home value	$431,700	$446,800
Median gross rent	$1,649	$1,489
Housing units	15,340	27,442
Homeownership rate	45.4%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearny	Union City
Population	41,412 → 40,570 (-2.0%)	68,226 → 66,375 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$70,702 → $83,212 (+17.7%)	$48,992 → $65,369 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$333,100 → $431,700 (+29.6%)	$340,800 → $446,800 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,304 → $1,649 (+26.5%)	$1,225 → $1,489 (+21.6%)

Kearny

Population

41,41240,570

Median household income

$70,702$83,212

Median home value

$333,100$431,700

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,649

Union City

Population

68,22666,375

Median household income

$48,992$65,369

Median home value

$340,800$446,800

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kearny	Union City
Under 5	6.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.6%
75 and over	5.1%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearny	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	9.9%
Black or African American	4.7%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	2.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	50.9%	81.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearny	Union City
No high school diploma	15.8%	22.5%
High school graduate	33.4%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearny	Union City
Drove alone	64.1%	32.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	10.0%
Public transit	13.3%	35.4%
Walked	6.0%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.1%
Other means	0.6%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearny	Union City
1-unit, detached	31.3%	4.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	42.3%	36.8%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	32.6%
20 or more units	9.4%	23.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kearny	Union City
Poverty rate	12.5%	21.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1952	1958