Best PlacesUnion City, GA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Union City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Union City ranks 1,903rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Union City
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Union City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Union City ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 91% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 83% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 74% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 71% of cities
Where Union City ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 3% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 4% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Union City
A household needs to earn about $68,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Union City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,828, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Union City's effective rate of 0.74%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Union City
Union City runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Union City.
Who works in Union City, and how
Work in Union City centers on health care & social and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Union City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Union City.
What the weather is like in Union City, month by month
Union City sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 35. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 45° | 35° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 52° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 72° |
| October | 79° | 66° | 56° |
Flying in and out of Union City
Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 51.5 million passengers in 2025, with 278 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Union City
Schools across Union City average a D, better than 3% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Liberty Point Elementary SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Oakley Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Rise Grammar SchoolD · 16% proficient
Top middle schools
- Renaissance Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
- Rise Prep SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Banneker High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Creekside High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Westlake High SchoolD · 22% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Union City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Union City measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Union City against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Union City suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 18% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Union City
Is Union City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Union City ranks 1,903rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low disaster risk, a strong job market, and state finances, and lowest on the schools and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Union City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $262,605. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $69,828 median income, cost of living beats 36% of cities.
Is Union City safe?
Union City is safer than 12% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $435 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Union City?
July highs average about 92 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 35. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 31% of cities.
Is Union City good for families?
Schools beat 3% of cities, crime safety beats 12%, and childcare runs $919 a month.
Compare Union City with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Union City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Union City represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Union City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Union City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Union City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Union City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Union City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Union City detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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