Union City vs Wayne Lakes

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

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

Union City has the higher population (1,367 vs 843 in Wayne Lakes). Wayne Lakes has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $33,472 in Union City). Wayne Lakes has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $59,100 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Union City	Wayne Lakes
Population	1,367	843
Median age	46.6 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,472	$61,250
Median home value	$59,100	$124,000
Median gross rent	$625	$748
Housing units	706	374
Homeownership rate	53.5%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Union City	Wayne Lakes
Population	1,701 → 1,367 (-19.6%)	715 → 843 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$31,000 → $33,472 (+8.0%)	$49,545 → $61,250 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$56,900 → $59,100 (+3.9%)	$102,900 → $124,000 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $625 (+17.9%)	$708 → $748 (+5.6%)

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

Wayne Lakes

Population

715843

Median household income

$49,545$61,250

Median home value

$102,900$124,000

Median gross rent

$708$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Union City	Wayne Lakes
Under 5	3.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	16.5%
75 and over	10.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Union City	Wayne Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.6%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Union City	Wayne Lakes
No high school diploma	22.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	53.2%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Union City	Wayne Lakes
Drove alone	70.0%	85.0%
Carpooled	17.5%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	6.7%
Other means	1.3%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Union City	Wayne Lakes
1-unit, detached	75.6%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Union City	Wayne Lakes
Poverty rate	39.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.12	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1962	1966