Huntingdon County vs Union County

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

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

Huntingdon County has the higher population (43,844 vs 42,570 in Union County). Union County has the higher median household income ($72,894 vs $65,429 in Huntingdon County). Union County has the higher median home value ($222,900 vs $180,300 in Huntingdon County).

Population, income & housing

	Huntingdon County	Union County
Population	43,844	42,570
Median age	43.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,429	$72,894
Median home value	$180,300	$222,900
Median gross rent	$795	$944
Housing units	20,932	16,158
Homeownership rate	78.6%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huntingdon County	Union County
Population	45,369 → 43,844 (-3.4%)	45,111 → 42,570 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$51,678 → $65,429 (+26.6%)	$59,399 → $72,894 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $180,300 (+32.2%)	$189,500 → $222,900 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $795 (+23.8%)	$769 → $944 (+22.8%)

Huntingdon County

Population

45,36943,844

Median household income

$51,678$65,429

Median home value

$136,400$180,300

Median gross rent

$642$795

Union County

Population

45,11142,570

Median household income

$59,399$72,894

Median home value

$189,500$222,900

Median gross rent

$769$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Huntingdon County	Union County
Under 5	4.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	14.0%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.5%
75 and over	9.2%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huntingdon County	Union County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	86.1%
Black or African American	4.8%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huntingdon County	Union County
No high school diploma	9.3%	13.3%
High school graduate	50.1%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huntingdon County	Union County
Drove alone	77.6%	72.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	5.0%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	6.6%	7.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huntingdon County	Union County
1-unit, detached	76.5%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Huntingdon County	Union County
Poverty rate	11.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	18
Median year structure built	1972	1973