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Union City vs West New York

Union City, NJ compared with West New York, NJ · 2 miles apart

Union City has 66,656 residents to West New York’s 53,192. Union City comes out ahead on median rent, average commute, clear days a year. West New York does better on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +.

Union City, NJ West New York, NJ
Population 66,656 53,192
Density (per sq mi) 51,792 53,567
Median household income $64,310 $71,729
Median home value $471,600 $465,600
Median rent $1,537 $1,716
Homeownership 19.1% 23%
Average commute 33.1 min 34.5 min
Median age 37.4 37.2
Bachelor's degree + 28.3% 33.5%
Poverty rate 23.1% 19.4%
Unemployment 9.4% 8.4%
Price to income 7.3× 6.5×
Clear days a year 23 22
Days above 90°F 17 15

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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