Dixie County vs Union County

A side-by-side comparison of Dixie County and Union County: population, income, housing, and more.

Dixie County and Union County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dixie County has the higher population (16,952 vs 15,551 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($64,922 vs $47,655 in Dixie County). Union County has the higher median home value ($160,400 vs $96,900 in Dixie County).

Population, income & housing

	Dixie County	Union County
Population	16,952	15,551
Median age	45.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,655	$64,922
Median home value	$96,900	$160,400
Median gross rent	$792	$846
Housing units	9,365	4,772
Homeownership rate	83.8%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dixie County	Union County
Population	16,589 → 16,952 (+2.2%)	15,303 → 15,551 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$39,828 → $47,655 (+19.7%)	$44,270 → $64,922 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $96,900 (+23.4%)	$118,400 → $160,400 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $792 (+25.5%)	$657 → $846 (+28.8%)

Dixie County

Population

16,58916,952

Median household income

$39,828$47,655

Median home value

$78,500$96,900

Median gross rent

$631$792

Union County

Population

15,30315,551

Median household income

$44,270$64,922

Median home value

$118,400$160,400

Median gross rent

$657$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dixie County	Union County
Under 5	4.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.3%
75 and over	9.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dixie County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	71.3%
Black or African American	6.3%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.3%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dixie County	Union County
No high school diploma	17.7%	21.7%
High school graduate	49.9%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dixie County	Union County
Drove alone	74.1%	84.1%
Carpooled	16.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	6.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dixie County	Union County
1-unit, detached	43.3%	46.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	53.5%	48.0%

Poverty & households

	Dixie County	Union County
Poverty rate	19.3%	18.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	36
Median year structure built	1988	1991