Ore City vs Union Grove

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

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

Ore City has the higher population (965 vs 764 in Union Grove). Union Grove has the higher median household income ($203,594 vs $69,167 in Ore City). Union Grove has the higher median home value ($224,300 vs $97,400 in Ore City).

Population, income & housing

	Ore City	Union Grove
Population	965	764
Median age	35.0 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,167	$203,594
Median home value	$97,400	$224,300
Median gross rent	$1,153	$1,125
Housing units	373	279
Homeownership rate	73.1%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ore City	Union Grove
Population	1,071 → 965 (-9.9%)	436 → 764 (+75.2%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $69,167 (+84.4%)	$43,750 → $203,594 (+365.4%)
Median home value	$78,000 → $97,400 (+24.9%)	$118,200 → $224,300 (+89.8%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,153 (+46.3%)	$1,075 → $1,125 (+4.7%)

Ore City

Population

1,071965

Median household income

$37,500$69,167

Median home value

$78,000$97,400

Median gross rent

$788$1,153

Union Grove

Population

436764

Median household income

$43,750$203,594

Median home value

$118,200$224,300

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ore City	Union Grove
Under 5	3.1%	12.4%
5 to 17	28.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	35.9%
35 to 44	17.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	5.6%
55 to 64	5.9%	3.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	1.8%
75 and over	5.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ore City	Union Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	78.5%
Black or African American	5.6%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.0%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ore City	Union Grove
No high school diploma	29.8%	28.7%
High school graduate	30.3%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ore City	Union Grove
Drove alone	88.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ore City	Union Grove
1-unit, detached	66.8%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.2%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Ore City	Union Grove
Poverty rate	18.0%	3.5%
Average household size	3.05	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1977	2002