Village · Branch County, Michigan

Union City, Michigan

Union City is a village in Branch County, Michigan, part of the Coldwater, MI metro area. It has 1,940 residents. Union City, Michigan has a quality-of-life score of 20 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,521 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Michigan it ranks #391 of 444 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), home price to income ratio (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on depression (high), dental care shortage (high) and frequent mental distress (high).

20Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,521 of 15,651 cities and towns
Michigan: #391 of 444 in MI
Population: 1,940 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,342.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2681360

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety59#6,462/15,637
Economy32#10,671/15,631
Housing59#6,167/14,977
Health27#11,402/15,609
Healthcare25#11,666/15,650
Environment27#11,317/15,453
Education27#11,389/15,649
Infrastructure13#13,609/15,650
Community30#10,954/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,176/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Union City, Michigan ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Branch County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Job growth · high3.8%
96/100Michigan 0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataBranch County value
Home price to income ratio · low1.7×
96/100Michigan 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Michigan 4.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBranch County value
High school diploma or higher · high94.2%
92/100Michigan 92.1%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.363
88/100Michigan 0.465United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Child care cost burden · low22.7%
85/100Michigan 25.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBranch County value

Weaknesses

Depression · high31.0%
4/100Michigan 26.5%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Michigan 6.3United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBranch County value
Frequent mental distress · high21.8%
6/100Michigan 20.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
9/100Michigan 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBranch County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Michigan 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBranch County value
Adult smoking · high20.6%
10/100Michigan 17.1%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,665 (2015-2019) → 1,940 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
35.0% (2015-2019) → 21.1% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.9% (2015-2019) → 87.6% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$46,417 (2015-2019) → $62,788 (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
21.3% (2015-2019) → 14.5% (2020-2024)
−6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
39.1% (2015-2019) → 44.0% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Union City, Michigan improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Child poverty−14 points35.0% → 21.1%
Household income+35%$46,417 → $62,788
Broadband+7.7 points79.9% → 87.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Union City, Michigan between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.0 min2015-2019	26.6 min2020-2024	−2.4 min	Within the margin of error	75%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%2015-2019	17.3%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Broadband subscriptions	79.9%2015-2019	87.6%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	47%
Child poverty rate	35.0%2015-2019	21.1%2020-2024	−14 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	1.56%2015-2019	1.25%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	75%
High school diploma or higher	93.8%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	1.7×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	76%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3942015-2019	0.3632020-2024	−0.031	Within the margin of error	75%
Median household income	$46,4172015-2019	$62,7882020-2024	+35%	Improved	66%
Poverty rate	21.3%2015-2019	14.5%2020-2024	−6.8 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.5%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent-burdened households	39.1%2015-2019	44.0%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.1%2015-2019	5.2%2020-2024	−1.9 points	Within the margin of error	68%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Union City, Michigan five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Union City, Michigan in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Union City, Michigan itself moved −0.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,940 residents (±237)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

669 households (±87)

Union City, Michigan
Michigan share

Under $25k14%†96
$25k–50k26%†177
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

669 households (±87)

Union City, Michigan
Michigan share

Own68%453
Rent32%216

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

819 workers (±152)

Union City, Michigan
Michigan share

Drive alone75%615
Carpool13%†107
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Coldwater, MI

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Branch County, the county holding most of Union City's residents.

Branch County has 833 employer establishments, 183 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248; 0.80× Michigan's), with 13,376 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,275. The Census Bureau also counts 2,803 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 833; 2,803 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 183; US 248 · Michigan 228
Paid employees: 13,376
Average annual pay: $53,275; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Branch County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	57	12.5	0.68×Fewer than typical	1,121	$18,401	11
Ambulatory health care services	51	11.2	0.54×Fewer than typical	361	$53,036	56
Specialty trade contractors	45	9.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	244	$59,676	231
Religious organizations	32	7	1.27×More than typical	132	$21,144	—
Construction of buildings	30	6.6	0.87×About typical	107	$46,150	184
Full-service restaurants	30	6.6	0.86×About typical	525	$19,219	3
Lessors of real estate	29	6.4	0.52×Fewer than typical	47	$39,957	244
Automotive repair and maintenance	27	5.9	1.18×About typical	148	$47,216	45
Limited-service restaurants	24	5.3	0.66×Fewer than typical	536	$18,127	5
Building equipment contractors	21	4.6	0.77×Fewer than typical	106	$54,340	33
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	21	4.6	2.88×More than typical	620	$48,335	8
Banks and credit unions	19	4.2	1.29×More than typical	304	$66,826	—

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 45,603 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Union City is mostly in Branch County.

See federal money in Branch County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Union City, Michigan is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Branch County3699% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Coldwater, MI25

Other cities and towns in Branch County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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