Your Union City Directory
Utilities
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Cable Television COMCAST 23525 Clawiter Road City's Trash and Recycling Website Tri-CED Community Recycling Telephone Service SBC 1-800-310-2355
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Water Alameda County Water District Electricity & Gas PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric Co.) Sanitary District Union Sanitary District
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About Union City
Union City at a Glance
Union City is located in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. Situated about 30 miles southeast of San Francisco and 20 miles north of San Jose, Union City is 18 square miles in size. Incorporated on January 13, 1959, Union City is a general law city with a city council/city manager form of government.
Population 70,300
Union City is an ethnically diverse community. According to Census 2000, 43.4% of Union City residents are of Asian decent, 24% Hispanic, 20% white,and 6.7% African-American. The highly-regarded New Haven Unified School District serves about 14,000 K-12 students.
Housing
Union City offers a variety of housing, with affordable and upscale homes available in many charming neighborhoods throughout the city. Seventy-one percent of the city's 19,000 housing units are owner occupied. The median home price in Union City is about $400,000. New homes in town offer a wide selection of lot sizes, floor plans and neighborhood amenities.
Just for Fun
With more than two dozen big screens, the Century 25 theatre complex at Union Landing consistently ranks as one of the top grossing multiplexes in the country. Union City is also home to many wonderful parks, sports fields, community facilities, and a variety of recreation programs for citizens of all ages.
Employment
Over half of all Union City residents are college educated providing a well-trained educated labor force for businesses. According to the Association of Bay Area Governments, Union City had a total of 17,130 jobs and 32,700 employed residents in 2000.
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City Services The area code for each phone number on this page (except 911 ) is 510.
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Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 66,869 people, 18,642 households, and 15,696 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,341.2/km² (3,473.0/mi²). There were 18,877 housing units at an average density of 378.6/km² (980.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 30.21% White, 6.70% African American, 0.53% Native American, 43.39% Asian, 0.91% Pacific Islander, 11.53% from other races, and 6.73% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.96% of the population.
There were 18,642 households out of which 45.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.6% were married couples living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.8% were non-families. 11.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.57 and the average family size was 3.83. The median price of a house in Union City is about $400,000.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.
According to a 2006 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $76,223, and the median income for a family was $82,717.[1] Males had a median income of $45,212 versus $35,085 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,890. About 4.8% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.
Current sales tax is 8.75% (shared with Alameda County)
Transportation
Union City is served by Interstate 880 (Nimitz Freeway) and SR 238 (Mission Boulevard). Public transportation is served by rapid transit system BART with a station in town, the local bus system Union City Transit (originally The Flea) which serves the entire city, with mainline bus service supplemented by AC Transit. It is also served by Dumbarton Express, running from the BART station across the Dumbarton Bridge to Palo Alto.
Schools
Public schools
Elementary schools
- Alvarado Elementary School
- Delaine Eastin Elementary School
- Guy Emanuele, Jr. Elementary School
- Pioneer Elementary School
- Searles Elementary School
- Tom Kitayama Elementary School
Middle schools
- Alvarado Middle School
- Barnard White Middle School- To be closed
- Cesar Chavez Middle School
High schools
Private schools
- Our Lady of the Rosary School
- Purple Lotus Buddhist School
- Union City Christian Academy
Sister cities
- Jalandhar Punjab, India
- Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Pasay, Philippines
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Noteworthy residents
- Otis Amey - San Francisco 49ers
- Angelina - R&B Artist in the Group New Ridaz.
- Vicky Galindo - USA Softball Player
- Eddie House - Currently with the Boston Celtics
- SuChin Pak - MTV VJ
- Kelli White - American Sprinter
- Roy Williams - Dallas Cowboys
- Lil Coner - Connected Inc
References
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
