Best PlacesUnion City, WV 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 49,314th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and health outcomes 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
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of towns
- Cheap childcare$688 a month, better than 67% of towns
Where Union City ranks low
- Health outlookBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute46.9 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Household income$35,225 median, better than only 3% of towns
Who lives in Union City
Union City runs older than the country, and households here run smaller 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 real estate. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 4%
- 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 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 33° | 27° |
| April | 70° | 55° | 44° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 71° | 57° | 47° |
Flying in and out of Union City
The nearest airport, Raleigh County Memorial, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Charlotte/Douglas International, about 160 miles away.
The best schools in and around Union City
Schools across Union City average a D, better than 6% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Iaeger Elementary SchoolD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sandy River Middle SchoolD+ · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- River View High SchoolD− · 13% 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 49,314th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and quiet, and lowest on health outcomes and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Union City safe?
Union City is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $294 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Union City?
July highs average about 87 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 27. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 29% of towns.
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.
- 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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