Union, Iowa

Demographics

People

Total Population	467
Male Share of the Population	47.1%
Female Share of the Population	52.9%
Senior Citizens	24.2%
Employed Population 16+	204
Age of the Population	50

Families

% of people married	53.5%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	13.9%
Median Earnings25+	$33,958
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$35,000
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$34,000

Wealth

Median Family Income	$49,643
% Above Poverty Level	90.6%
% Below Poverty Level	9.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	25 minutes
% Working from Home	4.9%
% Walking and Biking to Work	2.9%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	31.3%
Median Gross Rent	$568
Median House Value	$56,400

Ancestry

German	34.9%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	17.6%
English	11.3%
Irish	8.4%
Norwegian	5.6%
Swedish	3.6%
Scottish	3.6%
Czech	2.4%
Danishn	0.6%
Polish	0.6%
Welsh	0.4%
French Except Basque	0.4%
Dutch	0.4%
Italian	0.2%
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Union Almanac

Category	Value
County	Hardin County
Standard Zip Codes	50258
Phone Area Codes	641
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	42.24
Approximate Longitude	-93.06

Union Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	ELDORA
Distance	8.6 miles
Jan Temp	7 to 25 F
Apr Temp	36 to 58 F
Jul Temp	62 to 84 F
Oct Temp	39 to 62 F
Annual Precip	34.1 inches

Station	MARSHALLTOWN
Distance	14.1 miles
Jan Temp	7 to 27 F
Apr Temp	37 to 59 F
Jul Temp	63 to 84 F
Oct Temp	38 to 62 F
Annual Precip	36.4 inches

Station	HAMPTON
Distance	35.6 miles
Jan Temp	5 to 23 F
Apr Temp	35 to 57 F
Jul Temp	62 to 83 F
Oct Temp	38 to 61 F
Annual Precip	34.5 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Albion	572	$54,342
Conrad	1,066	$74,250
Eldora	2,677	$65,263
Liscomb	322	$61,250
New Providence	238	$65,357
Whitten	182	$39,013

Union Public Libraries

Union Public Library
406 COMMERCIAL ST
Union, Iowa
(641) 486-5561

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Union Public Schools

Bcluw Middle School
704 Commercial St
ZIP: 50258
(641) 486-5371
Middle
Total Enrollment 184

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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