Pennsylvania · Census place 4278448

Union City, Pennsylvania

Union City is a borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,857 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 336th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,857
#336 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-67 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
1,561 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Union City. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Union City population, 2020 to 2024

Union City lost 67 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

2,92420202,90720212,88620222,86820232,8572024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,928. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Union City covers 1.83 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,561 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Union City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Union City is in

All of Union City's residents live in Erie County, which had 267,750 residents in 2024. Union City holds 1.1% 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 borough's land: 16438. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough 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 41.897700, -79.843200. Harrisburg, the capital, is 191.0 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corry, PA (6,065 people), 11.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Buffalo, NY, 85.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.897700, -79.843200
DMS
41°53'51.72"N 79°50'35.52"W
UTM
17N 595957.4E 4639065.0N
Geohash
dprnr55zy
Plus code
87H2V5X4+3P

Daylight in Union City

At 41.90° N, Union City gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 06 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 Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Waterford, 8.0 miles away, with 1,445 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Union City, PA?

2,857 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 67 (2.3%) from 2,924 in July 2020.

What county is Union City in?

Erie County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Union City?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16438.

How far is Union City from Harrisburg?

191.0 miles (307.4 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Union City.

What is the nearest larger city to Union City?

Corry, PA, with 6,065 residents, 11.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.