Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety18#757/924
Economy18#760/925
Housing98#24/925
Health4#885/925
Healthcare12#810/923
Environment12#805/917
Education12#812/925
Infrastructure23#710/925
Community14#798/925
Leisure & amenities12#811/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Union City, TN micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Rent as share of income · low25.0%
90/100Tennessee 29.5%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Severe housing problems · low10.2%
90/100Tennessee 13.3%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent-burdened households · low39.1%
89/100Tennessee 48.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · low2.5×
88/100Tennessee 4.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Effective property tax rate · low0.49%
85/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · low23.0%
84/100Tennessee 22.4%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Depression · high31.7%
1/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · high36.2 /100k
1/100Tennessee 18.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · high22.3%
1/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low43 /100k
2/100Tennessee 212 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Access to exercise opportunities · low40.1%
2/100Tennessee 67.9%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Adult smoking · high21.7%
3/100Tennessee 21.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 55% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+55 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesWorsening
57.4% (2010 & 2021) → 40.1% (2022 & 2024)
−17 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Firearm deathsWorsening
20.3 /100k (2021) → 36.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+78%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Traffic deathsWorsening
11.8 /100k (2015-2019) → 21.0 /100k (2020-2024)
+78%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Gyms and fitness centersWorsening
1.0 /10k (2020) → 0.3 /10k (2025)
−66%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Property crime rateImproving
2,620 /100k (2020) → 1,165 /100k (2025)
−56%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

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, TN micropolitan area improved on 11 of 28 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 8 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Household income+38%$39,615 → $54,613
Child poverty−7.8 points30.3% → 22.5%
Property crime−56%2,620 /100k → 1,165 /100k
Violent crime−40%502 /100k → 299 /100k
Real income+35%$47,021 → $63,485

Declined5

Firearm deaths+125%16.1 /100k → 36.2 /100k
Traffic deaths+78%11.8 /100k → 21.0 /100k
Gyms−66%1.0 /10k → 0.3 /10k
Pharmacies−39%1.6 /10k → 1.0 /10k
Arts & recreation−12%2.3 /10k → 2.0 /10k

All 28 measures

Change of every measure of Union City, TN micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.3 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	12%
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	76%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%2015-2019	18.3%2020-2024	+3 points	Improved	54%
Broadband subscriptions	75.5%2015-2019	83.7%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Improved	41%
Child poverty rate	30.3%2015-2019	22.5%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Improved	91%
Distance to an airport	106 mi2020	106 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	13.8 /100k2020	11.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−15%	Improved	39%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.49%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	51%
Firearm deaths	16.1 /100k2020	36.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+125%	Declined	1%
Grocery stores	1.3 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+2.4%	Little change	60%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−66%	Declined	2%
High school diploma or higher	83.5%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	2.3×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	87%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,0212019	$63,4852024	+35%	Improved	72%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.4752020-2024	+0.011	Within the margin of error	26%
Median household income	$39,6152015-2019	$54,6132020-2024	+38%	Improved	92%
New business applications	5.7 /1k2020	7.9 /1k2025	+40%	Improved	41%
Pharmacies	1.6 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−39%	Declined	4%
Poverty rate	21.1%2015-2019	18.6%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Property crime rate	2,620 /100k2020	1,165 /100k2025	−56%	Improved	91%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−0%	Little change	64%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	25.0%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Rent-burdened households	46.6%2015-2019	39.1%2020-2024	−7.5 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Restaurants and bars	7.5 /10k2020	8.0 /10k2025	+6.8%	Improved	71%
Traffic deaths	11.8 /100k2015-2019	21.0 /100k2020-2024	+78%	Declined	1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%2020	3.7%2025	−2.8 points	Improved	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.5%2015-2019	10.7%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Violent crime rate	502 /100k2020	299 /100k2025	−40%	Improved	88%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Union City, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Union City, TN micropolitan area 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, TN micropolitan area itself moved −3.1 points in standing on average over the same 29 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

30,453 residents

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

12,527 households (±289)

Union City, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k23%2,862
$25k–50k24%2,963
$50k–75k18%2,223

Homes

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

Owners and renters

12,527 households (±289)

Union City, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Own68%8,533
Rent32%3,994

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

12,681 workers (±477)

Union City, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone82%10,364
Carpool10%1,301
Public transit0.1%†15

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 no occupation wages for Union City, TN micropolitan area.

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.

Union City, TN has 630 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248), with 8,963 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,592. The Census Bureau also counts 2,020 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 630; 2,020 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248
Paid employees: 8,963
Average annual pay: $41,592; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Union City, TN by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	52	17.1	0.82×About typical	466	$54,897	66
Religious organizations	44	14.5	2.61×More than typical	219	$19,941	—
Restaurants and other eating places	43	14.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	707	$17,653	14
Specialty trade contractors	28	9.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	254	$66,843	192
Gasoline stations	26	8.6	2.64×More than typical	131	$23,534	—
Full-service restaurants	20	6.6	0.86×About typical	340	$17,191	9
Offices of other health practitioners	18	5.9	0.97×About typical	132	$39,682	20
Truck transportation	18	5.9	1.17×About typical	99	$36,960	65
Limited-service restaurants	17	5.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	294	$17,837	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	16	5.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	73	$20,123	216
Banks and credit unions	15	4.9	1.53×More than typical	206	$48,117	—
Clothing and accessories stores	13	4.3	1.18×About typical	60	$16,817	28

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 30,402 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $171.8K on contracts performed in Union City, TN micropolitan area: $5.71 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $171.8K; +317% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.71; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 6.9%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Aviation Administration$125K73%
U.S. Coast Guard$35K20%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$11.8K6.9%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

55.5KFY2017
-4KFY2018
37.4KFY2019
67.3KFY2020
191.6KFY2021
67.5KFY2022
115KFY2023
1.7MFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$125K73%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$35K20%
Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$11.8K6.9%

Largest awards

UPS EQUIPMENT PURCHASE. JCN:26003719, LOC:QPB ATCBI, SAMBURG TN. EQUIPMENT COSTS: ESTABLISH (BNATCS) A UPS/PCS AT SAMBURG, TN (QPB) ATCBI PLANNED FOR 2026. **NOTE $8,000.00 WILL BE CHARGED TO THE FREIGHT TASK ORDER.$125K
EATON CORPORATION· Obion County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Jul 15, 2026 – Jul 15, 2026· 6973GH26F01033
REPAIR DUCTING AND CRAWL SPACE AT UC HOUSING$35K
FOCUSED ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC· Obion County, TN· Construction & real property· May 27, 2026 – Jul 14, 2026· 70Z02926PNEWO0070
TN W. TENNESSEE REFUGE BRUSH HOG$11.8K
FEDERAL CONTRACTS LLC· Obion County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Nov 21, 2025 – Nov 21, 2025· 140FS326F0003

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $210.7M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Union City, TN micropolitan area: $7,006 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $210.7M; −7.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,006; US $12,955
Loan face value: $11.2M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.8%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$128.9M61%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$22.9M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$15.2M7.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$15.2M7.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$8.4M4.0%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$3.4M1.6%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$3.1M1.5%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$2.3M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$3.8M1.8%
NASHVILLE, TN
UNION CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY$1.5M0.7%
UNION CITY, TN
BRENT & TIFFANY BAIER FARMS$600K0.3%
KENTON, TN
TED & SUE BAIER FARMS$600K0.3%
KENTON, TN
RAM FARMS$332.7K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$175.4M83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$17.4M8.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Farm Service Agency$7M3.3%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$3.8M1.8%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$2.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

222.5MFY2021
195.3MFY2022
196.8MFY2023
204.8MFY2024
228.4MFY2025
210.7MFY2026

County aggregates

93%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Union City, TN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Obion CountyCentral county1830,067

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Union CityPrincipal city10,982

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Areas based in Tennessee, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined5

Metro and micro areas like Union City, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Union City, TN

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined5

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type