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Union City, NJ

City evidence stays city-level. County, metro and national records appear separately to explain the wider market without changing the city figures.

City gross yield5.1%ZORI × 12 ÷ ZHVI · before costs
Direct city rent answer

What does rent cost in Union City, NJ?

The latest city-level Zillow ZORI for Union City is $2,421 per month in 2026-06. It measures a typical asking-rent market across rental types—not an arithmetic average or an address-level rent estimate.

City Zillow ZORI$2,4212026-06 · up 2.1% year over year
City ACS gross rent$1,537ACS 2024 5-year occupied-renter survey
HUD two-bedroom context$2,763Hudson County administrative standard
How to read the rent answer for Union City
MeasureCurrent valueGeographyMeasurement boundary
Zillow ZORI$2,421Union City cityTypical observed asking-rent index; not a unit quote.
Census ACS gross rent$1,537Union City citySurvey estimate for occupied renter homes, including specified utilities.
HUD 2BR FMR$2,763Hudson CountyAdministrative bedroom standard; wider context, never substituted as city rent.

For a property decision, match bedroom count, condition, utilities, concessions, lease timing and nearby comparable listings. Wider county and metro evidence below stays explicitly labelled.Zillow pulled 2026-07-29

City market snapshot

Four figures that frame the city

Typical home value
$570k
▲ 5.0% year over year
Zillow ZHVI · 2026-06
Observed market rent
$2,421
▲ 2.1% year over year
Zillow ZORI · 2026-06
Entry affordability
8.9x
home value ÷ household income
Zillow + Census ACS
Population
66,463
▼ 2.6% between ACS vintages
ACS 2024 5-year
Current measured evidence

Use the source-dated charts while the narrative is refreshed

The city facts below remain available because they are generated directly from the current public records. The written interpretation will return only after it matches the same evidence set.

Housing system

Market movement and the stock underneath it

Five-year path

Price and rent, rebased to 100

ZHVI +40.1%ZORI +31.0%
14011895202120222023202420252026
Each series starts at 100 so their direction can be compared without pretending that a home value and a monthly rent share the same unit.
Housing stock

Tenure and vacancy

ACS
80.9%RENTER
Owner occupied19.1%
Renter occupied80.9%
Vacant units6.1%

Median structure year 1961

Tenure uses occupied units; vacancy uses all housing units.
Measurement matrix

Two sources, two different questions

SourceHome valueMonthly rent
Zillow market index$569.5K$2.4K
ACS occupied housing$471.6K$1.5K
Zillow measures current market indexes. ACS reports surveyed owner value and gross rent for occupied housing. The rows are context, not interchangeable estimates.
Direct city depth

Households and housing form behind the medians

Median household income$64k

Annual ACS household measure.

Rent-to-income screen45.2%

Annual ZORI divided by ACS median income.

ACS rent burden53.4%

Renters paying at least 30% of household income toward gross rent.

Average household size2.57

People per occupied housing unit.

Single-family stock7.5%

Detached and attached one-unit structures.

Large multifamily stock23.7%

Housing in structures with 20 or more units.

Vacant and for rent41.1%

Share of vacant units listed by ACS as for rent, not a market vacancy rate.

Unemployment9.4%

Share of the civilian labor force.

Poverty23.1%

ACS population for whom poverty status is determined.

These are citywide context measures. They cannot tell you the rent, vacancy, expenses or tenant demand for a particular neighborhood or property.
Closest market alternatives

Three useful contrasts, not a synthetic winner

The peer set broadens the decision without mixing geographies. Price, rent and housing characteristics remain city-level for every place.

Comparable market profile

Entry price, rent and gross yield

Union City, NJJersey City, NJToms River, NJPortland, ME
Typical home valueZillow ZHVIUnion City$569.5KJersey City$665.1KToms River$470.8KPortland$571.4KObserved market rentZillow ZORI / monthUnion City$2.4KJersey City$3.2KToms River$2.8KPortland$2.4KGross yieldZORI × 12 ÷ ZHVIUnion City5.1%Jersey City5.7%Toms River7.1%Portland5.1%
Bars begin at zero within each measure. Gross yield is a screening ratio before financing, taxes, insurance, vacancy, maintenance or management costs.
Shared county01

Jersey City, NJ

Compared with Union City, typical home value is $96k higher, monthly rent is $761 higher, and gross yield is 0.6 percentage points higher.

Rent burden 30%+
44.4%
Renter share
72.1%
One-unit stock
14.4%
20+ unit stock
38.4%
Same state02

Toms River, NJ

Compared with Union City, typical home value is $99k lower, monthly rent is $376 higher, and gross yield is 2.0 percentage points higher.

Rent burden 30%+
47.0%
Renter share
18.1%
One-unit stock
82.4%
20+ unit stock
4.3%
Closest data profile03

Portland, ME

Compared with Union City, typical home value is $2k higher, monthly rent is $8 higher, and gross yield is effectively level.

Rent burden 30%+
51.3%
Renter share
53.1%
One-unit stock
40.6%
20+ unit stock
15.6%

These are analytical alternatives, not recommendations. The structural measures come from Census ACS; price and rent use the Zillow releases shown on each card and in the source ledger below.

Wider market context

What surrounds the city without being mistaken for it

The layers below answer different questions. County records describe listing, migration, financing and hazard conditions around the city; metro records describe jobs, supply and permits; the mortgage rate is national.

Same measure, wider boundary

City marker against intersecting counties

CityCounty range
Typical home value$647.1K$647.1K$569.5KObserved market rent$3.1K$3.1K$2.4K
Both levels use Zillow indexes, but the county records cover land and housing outside the city. The comparison supplies context; it does not replace the city value.
COUNTY LAYER

The intersecting county

This boundary extends beyond the city and is shown only as context.

2026-06
Active listings
1,273
Listing DOM
42 days
FHFA one-year
▲ 9.6%
Net migration
-798
Investor share
16.7%
Effective property tax
1.77%
Top hazard
inland flooding
Expected loss ratio
0.19%
METRO LAYER

Metro context unavailable

Job growthn/an/a
Permitted unitsn/an/a
Permits / 1,000n/abroader metro population
Months of supplyn/an/a
Median DOMn/aRedfin metro tracker
Price dropsn/aRedfin metro tracker
Wider-context figures are not inputs to the city gross yield and are never used to fill a missing city price, rent or ACS measure.
Sources and geography

What belongs to this city page

Census recognizes this as Union City city. The place intersects Hudson County.