Best PlacesUnion City, OK 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. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Union City ranks 21,779th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks 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
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 89% of towns
- Household income$104,449 median, better than 87% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 109 pleasant days a year, better than 74% of towns
Where Union City ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Union City
A household needs to earn about $67,000 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 $104,449, 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 0.61%, 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 7 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, and households here run larger than average.
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 retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
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 109 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 50, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50° | 37° | 28° |
| April | 73° | 58° | 47° |
| July | 95° | 82° | 71° |
| October | 74° | 61° | 51° |
Flying in and out of Union City
The nearest airport, Okc Will Rogers International, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas-Fort Worth International, about 180 miles away.
The best schools in and around Union City
Schools across Union City average a D+, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tuttle EsB+ · 55% proficient
- Tuttle Intermediate EsC+ · 37% proficient
- Banner Public SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Minco MsC− · 30% proficient
- Leslie F Roblyer Learning CtrD− · 18% proficient
Top high schools
- Tuttle HsC+ · 37% proficient
- Minco HsD · 23% proficient
- El Reno HsD− · 14% 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 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Union City
Is Union City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Union City ranks 21,779th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, cell coverage, and state finances, and lowest on tree cover and civic engagement. 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 $262,658. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $104,449 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Union City safe?
Union City is safer than 16% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $592 per resident a year.
Compare Union City with other towns
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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