Lake City vs Union City

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

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

Union City has the higher population (2,911 vs 2,901 in Lake City). Lake City has the higher median household income ($74,909 vs $42,754 in Union City). Lake City has the higher median home value ($154,400 vs $101,000 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake City	Union City
Population	2,901	2,911
Median age	38.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,909	$42,754
Median home value	$154,400	$101,000
Median gross rent	$789	$733
Housing units	1,209	1,505
Homeownership rate	87.8%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake City	Union City
Population	2,899 → 2,901 (+0.1%)	3,189 → 2,911 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$53,257 → $74,909 (+40.7%)	$48,026 → $42,754 (-11.0%)
Median home value	$120,200 → $154,400 (+28.5%)	$84,200 → $101,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $789 (-4.1%)	$585 → $733 (+25.3%)

Lake City

Population

2,8992,901

Median household income

$53,257$74,909

Median home value

$120,200$154,400

Median gross rent

$823$789

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)

	Lake City	Union City
Under 5	5.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	16.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.9%	12.3%
75 and over	6.7%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake City	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake City	Union City
No high school diploma	8.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	45.5%	66.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake City	Union City
Drove alone	82.4%	63.2%
Carpooled	11.8%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.8%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake City	Union City
1-unit, detached	75.5%	62.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake City	Union City
Poverty rate	10.9%	21.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1973	1938