Union City, New Jersey

Union City population, 2020 to 2024

Union City lost 1,220 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.8%. In the latest year it moved by +1,003. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 190th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Union City is 6.0 times that size.

Union City covers 1.29 square miles of land, for 51,874 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Union City is denser than the typical town.

What county Union City is in

All of Union City's residents live in Hudson County, which had 736,185 residents in 2024. Union City holds 9.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Union City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Union City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 07087. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Union City is

The Census internal point of Union City is at 40.767400, -74.032300. Trenton, the capital, is 53.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jersey City, NJ (302,824 people), 4.2 miles away.

Daylight in Union City

At 40.77° N, Union City gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Union City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Hoboken, 1.5 miles away, with 59,149 people.