Troy vs Union City

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

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

Union City has the higher population (11,040 vs 1,915 in Troy). Troy has the higher median household income ($52,656 vs $45,523 in Union City). Union City has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $110,800 in Troy).

Population, income & housing

	Troy	Union City
Population	1,915	11,040
Median age	36.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,656	$45,523
Median home value	$110,800	$138,400
Median gross rent	$764	$732
Housing units	847	4,835
Homeownership rate	70.6%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Troy	Union City
Population	1,703 → 1,915 (+12.4%)	10,424 → 11,040 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$39,889 → $52,656 (+32.0%)	$28,580 → $45,523 (+59.3%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $110,800 (+23.1%)	$96,700 → $138,400 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $764 (+18.3%)	$584 → $732 (+25.3%)

Troy

Population

1,7031,915

Median household income

$39,889$52,656

Median home value

$90,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$646$764

Union City

Population

10,42411,040

Median household income

$28,580$45,523

Median home value

$96,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$584$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Troy	Union City
Under 5	3.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	20.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	6.4%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.4%
75 and over	7.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Troy	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	63.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	22.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Troy	Union City
No high school diploma	20.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	39.7%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Troy	Union City
Drove alone	87.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.4%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Troy	Union City
1-unit, detached	66.0%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	22.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Troy	Union City
Poverty rate	13.3%	22.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1984	1969