Girard vs Union City

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

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

Girard has the higher population (2,979 vs 2,911 in Union City). Girard has the higher median household income ($72,481 vs $42,754 in Union City). Girard has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $101,000 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Girard	Union City
Population	2,979	2,911
Median age	48.4 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,481	$42,754
Median home value	$168,100	$101,000
Median gross rent	$640	$733
Housing units	1,572	1,505
Homeownership rate	61.4%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girard	Union City
Population	2,975 → 2,979 (+0.1%)	3,189 → 2,911 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$49,875 → $72,481 (+45.3%)	$48,026 → $42,754 (-11.0%)
Median home value	$129,800 → $168,100 (+29.5%)	$84,200 → $101,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $640 (+9.0%)	$585 → $733 (+25.3%)

Girard

Population

2,9752,979

Median household income

$49,875$72,481

Median home value

$129,800$168,100

Median gross rent

$587$640

Union City

Population

3,1892,911

Median household income

$48,026$42,754

Median home value

$84,200$101,000

Median gross rent

$585$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Girard	Union City
Under 5	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	27.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.3%
75 and over	6.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girard	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girard	Union City
No high school diploma	4.2%	11.9%
High school graduate	39.1%	66.5%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girard	Union City
Drove alone	86.0%	63.2%
Carpooled	9.7%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girard	Union City
1-unit, detached	61.3%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.6%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Girard	Union City
Poverty rate	5.7%	21.0%
Average household size	1.95	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1954	1938