Arcanum vs Union City

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

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

Arcanum has the higher population (2,850 vs 1,367 in Union City). Arcanum has the higher median household income ($52,380 vs $33,472 in Union City). Arcanum has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $59,100 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Arcanum	Union City
Population	2,850	1,367
Median age	36.6 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,380	$33,472
Median home value	$147,300	$59,100
Median gross rent	$817	$625
Housing units	1,214	706
Homeownership rate	69.4%	53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcanum	Union City
Population	2,195 → 2,850 (+29.8%)	1,701 → 1,367 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$56,750 → $52,380 (-7.7%)	$31,000 → $33,472 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $147,300 (+13.6%)	$56,900 → $59,100 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $817 (+16.5%)	$530 → $625 (+17.9%)

Arcanum

Population

2,1952,850

Median household income

$56,750$52,380

Median home value

$129,700$147,300

Median gross rent

$701$817

Union City

Population

1,7011,367

Median household income

$31,000$33,472

Median home value

$56,900$59,100

Median gross rent

$530$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcanum	Union City
Under 5	6.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.5%
75 and over	7.2%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcanum	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	85.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcanum	Union City
No high school diploma	10.5%	22.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcanum	Union City
Drove alone	88.6%	70.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcanum	Union City
1-unit, detached	80.8%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arcanum	Union City
Poverty rate	10.0%	39.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1969	1962