Living in Union

In Union (New Jersey), unemployment is 16.3% (2024).

Union numbered 2,229 residents at the end of 2020. At the end of 2024, unemployment in Union reached 16.34%. Foreign residents numbered 1,197 at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0729 sources

Population2,229people31 Dec 2020Official source · U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020

Median gross salary4,463EUR/month31 Dec 2024Community source · Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B20002 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS)

Median rent1,669EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records

Unemployment rate16.34%country median 4.6% — 258% aboveOfficial source · Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)

PM2.5, annual mean7.63µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData

Higher unemployment than any other American city that publishes it and dirtier air than 67% of American cities that publish it.

Which United States-wide rules apply when you move to Union?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United StatesNational rates and thresholds that apply in Union.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	60.38 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Verizon 300 Mbps home internet¹⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.57 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Visible unlimited mobile plan¹⁷Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,716 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent)⁴Official
Median monthly rent	1,669 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records³Official
Recorded property crimes	1,018 offenses/year	31 Dec 2024	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2024 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2024.zip)⁸Official

Is Union a good place to live?

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Remote worker18%strong on work, weak on safety · range 9–27%

Skilled employee27%strong on work, weak on education · range 18–36%

Student30%strong on cost, weak on education · range 20–40%

Family39%strong on family, weak on education · range 30–48%

Retirement30%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 19–41%

Worked out from these numbers

How international is the population?

53.7% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 1,197 of 2,229 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in United StatesUnemployment in Union is 16.3%. Of 2,153 cities with data, 1,250 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

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Union 16.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	4,463 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B20002 (underlying U.S. Census Bureau ACS)²²Community estimate · Supplemental context
Unemployment rate	16.34 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁷Official

What does a salary buy in Union?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,861of €3,659 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€3,659
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) · 2020-12-31	− €1,716
Internet€60 · official · Verizon 300 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€22 · official · Visible unlimited mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,861

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Union Salary needed to live in Union

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Union. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

American Job Centers — Public employment service

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Union. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	272.7 per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release⁶Official · county

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Union when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesUnion highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Philadelphia5,457

Houston5,442

San Antonio5,218

Chicago4,012

Dallas4,010

Austin3,709

Fort Worth3,158

Phoenix3,125

New York City3,039

Union2,718

Los Angeles2,212

San Diego2,082

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded violent crimes	56 offenses/year	31 Dec 2024	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2024 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2024.zip)⁸Official

Mobility and administration

Union's nearest airport was EWR, 8 km away and offered 153 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	153 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	8 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	EWR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Union. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adult Education and English Language Acquisition (AEFLA) — State Language Course

U.S. Department of Education

For adult learners, adult English-language learners.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridCost varies

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USCIS English and citizenship class finder — Civic Orientation

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

For immigrants, future citizens.

EnglishIn Person, OnlineCost varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Union.

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Climate and air quality

The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 7.6 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Union's monthly mean temperatures were 0.4°C in January and 25.6°C in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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17°7°

23°12°

28°18°

31°21°

29°20°

25°16°

19°9°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

105

101

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105

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Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57.6WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United StatesAnnual PM2.5 in Union is 7.6 µg/m³. Of 968 cities with data, 261 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Union 7.6

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7.63 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 4.5 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 10.5 · Apr 17 · May 22.6 · Jun 27.7 · Jul 30.5 · Aug 29.3 · Sep 25.4 · Oct 18.9 · Nov 12.7 · Dec 7.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.6 · Feb -2.7 · Mar 1.2 · Apr 6.7 · May 12.2 · Jun 17.6 · Jul 20.8 · Aug 20 · Sep 16 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 3.9 · Dec -0.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.4 · Feb 1.7 · Mar 5.8 · Apr 11.9 · May 17.4 · Jun 22.6 · Jul 25.6 · Aug 24.6 · Sep 20.7 · Oct 14.2 · Nov 8.3 · Dec 3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 86.9 · Feb 75.7 · Mar 104.8 · Apr 98.4 · May 100.8 · Jun 110.2 · Jul 118.5 · Aug 105.4 · Sep 96.9 · Oct 96.3 · Nov 84.5 · Dec 105.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, highest monitored reading	23.4 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, annual mean	7.63 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Annual precipitation	1,184 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Maximum July temperature	30.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average annual temperature	13 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Minimum January temperature	-3.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United States: Elizabeth ±0.0 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±3.3 °C, Markham (Canada) ±3.4 °C, Mississauga (Canada) ±3.4 °C, Richmond Hill (Canada) ±3.4 °C, Vaughan (Canada) ±3.4 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

At the end of 2025, the city's area measured 0.7 km². Union's population density measured 4,199.5 people per km² at the end of 2024.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport46.3%
Foreign residents53.7%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	0.661 km²	31 Dec 2025	U.S. Census Bureau (TIGERweb ArcGIS REST service)¹¹Official
Foreign-resident share	43.15 %	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁷Official
Foreign residents	1,197 people	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁷Official
Population density	4,199 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁷Official
Population	2,229 people	31 Dec 2020	U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Union

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Cranford as a Union alternative in the same region

6 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, city cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 3.3% Cranford vs 16.3% Union−80%
Foreign residents: 18.3% Cranford vs 43.2% Union−58%
Median gross pay, city: €5,062 (2020) Cranford vs €4,463 (2024) Unionno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 7.1 µg/m³ Cranford vs 7.6 µg/m³ Union−6%
Residents: 2,032 Cranford vs 2,229 Union−9%

Full comparison More about Cranford

North Bethesda as a Union alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 307 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, city cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 50,094 North Bethesda vs 2,229 Union+2147%
Unemployment: 3.6% North Bethesda vs 16.3% Union−78%
Median gross pay, city: €6,119 (2020) North Bethesda vs €4,463 (2024) Unionno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 5.9 µg/m³ North Bethesda vs 7.6 µg/m³ Union−23%
Foreign residents: 34.1% North Bethesda vs 43.2% Union−21%

Full comparison More about North Bethesda

Cities near Union

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Roselle Park borough 3.1 km away

Salary: 4,204 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Roselle Park 3.1 km away

Rent: 1,536 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 4,204 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Elizabeth 3.4 km away

Salary: 2,946 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2024-12-31

Kenilworth borough 4.3 km away

Rent: 1,869 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 3,956 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Cranford 6.3 km away

Rent: 2,271 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 5,062 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in United States

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All United States cities

Great Barrington2,234 residents Perezville2,237 residents Madison2,250 residents Old Saybrook2,278 residents Shelby2,176 residents West Scarborough2,083 residents

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Common questions

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What is the unemployment rate in Union?

The unemployment rate is 16.34 %. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is the air quality good in Union?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7.63 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData.

How many people live in Union?

The published population is 2,229 people. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020.

How many foreign residents live in Union?

1,197 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is Union a good place to live?

Union may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Union?

Roselle Park borough, Roselle Park, Elizabeth, Roselle borough, Kenilworth borough are near Union. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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  title = {Union (New Jersey), United States: population, rent, salary},
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