Union County Has shrunk in Terms of Ownership of Real Estate by 1.2%, (2010 Census)

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Parent Category: Iowa

Category: Union County, IA

The recent 2010 Census Bureau reports Union County, Iowa decreased in number of total housing units by 280, or 5%, since the 2000 Census-- the State of Iowa increased in total real estate dwellings by 103,906, or 8%.

Measured against the United States, Union County has a very low level of vacancy in residential housing. 666, or 11.2%, currently are unoccupied in Union County, Iowa. Within these 666 unoccupied units, 15.0% are on the real estate market to be sold, while 20.1% are listed for lease.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Union County have decreased by 1.2%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 3,736 (70.9%) units occupied by owners, while there were 1,535 (29.1%) residential units were being rented. Union County has a greater amount of rentals than the State of Iowa, which reportedly saw 27.9% of units rented.

Compared to counties across the US, Union County has a very low level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 1.5% are minority-owned in Union County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Iowa 4.7% of housing units are minority-owned.

Native Hawaiian is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Union County. 100.0% the Native Hawaiian Census group reported renting in the 2010 Census.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Union County, Iowa, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 590 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Iowa

Category: Union County, IA

In Union County, Iowa, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 590 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Of the 54 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 28 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 24 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the employment services industry has grown the most with 353 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in employment services makes up 44.3% percent of the growth in Union County, Iowa for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Employment services (+353)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (+77)
3. Civic and social organizations (+49)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (+36)
5. Insurance agencies and brokerages (+33)

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the residential mental health facilities industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 225 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in residential mental health facilities make up 39.4% percent of the employment lost during the period in Union County, Iowa between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Residential mental health facilities (-225)
2. Hog and pig farming (-105)
3. Offices of physicians (-79)
4. Consumer goods rental (-17)
5. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (-17)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).