Union ParkFL
A town of 10,615.
Is Union Park a good place to live?
Union Park is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 371st of 634 graded towns in Florida, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $70K. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $325K for a typical one and 4.1 times the Orlando metro’s $79K median household income. Union Park’s January low is 50°F, where Florida’s towns sit at 51°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. The biggest park or preserve is Blanchard Park, at 58 acres.
98% of working residents leave Union Park for work
Where Union Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Union Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Union Park is from typical.
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Walt Disney World Resort and 63 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Union Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi Theme parkWalt Disney World Resort
Big draw15 mi Theme parkUniversal Studios Florida9.5M visitors a year
Big draw15 mi Theme parkUniversal Epic Universe
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaCamping World Stadium
Big draw16 mi Theme parkUniversal's Islands of Adventure9.5M visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaKia CenterPhoto credits
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Moving to Union Park: who provides what
Union Park is unincorporated, so Orange County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Union Park.
Union Park has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Orlando and beyond.
Most of Union Park’s workers leave town for work
Union Park has 1,125 jobs for its 4,721 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 1,477 in 2013 to 1,125.
Union Park: 16% of workers do their job from home. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. It had 1,125 jobs in 2023, down 352 from 2013. For half of commuters, work is under 12 miles away.
| Union Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 16% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Union Park’s schools rank ahead of 54% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Orange school district. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list. Public school enrollment in Union Park: 1,163 students across 2 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Park MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 660 | D |
| Downey Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 268 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Younger than Florida overall
In Union Park, 13% of residents are 65 or older. A bachelor’s degree or higher: 32% of adults 25 and older, vs 34% across Florida. Its age of the median resident comes in at 37.2 years.
| Union Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.2 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 40% and 61% women
The Census survey reached too few of Union Park’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.6 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Union Park | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.7% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.5% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.4% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.8% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.7% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.7% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.5% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17.2% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.9% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.5% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
In Union Park, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Orlando Intl Ap weather station, 11 miles away, records that about 110 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. January nights average 49.6°, milder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 92.2°.
The midsummer high for Union Park comes to 92°F. Snow is a rarity.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Union Park is inland flooding, at a high overall level
Compared with 64% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Union Park is higher. Expected losses in Union Park break down as 48% from inland flooding and 15% from cold waves. Flood insurance has paid out on 6 claims locally since 1991.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conservation land takes up 6.2% of Union Park
Trails total 0.8 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Union Park’s trail network density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Union Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blanchard Park | 0.2 mi | 58 |
| 2. Downey Park | 0.2 mi | 52 |
| 3. Little Econ Greenway | 0.1 mi | 24 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Union Park are less healthy than 50% of U.S. towns
For adults in Union Park, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 17%. Among adults 18 to 64 here, 21% have no health insurance.
| Union Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 79% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| What stands out | Union Park | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.1% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 20.5% | 26.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 20.5% | 15.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Union Park sells for about $340K at the median
On the market in Union Park: a median 21 days to sell. The share of households in Union Park who own their home: 61%. The rent at the middle of the market locally is $1,473 a month.
| Union Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 61% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,473 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Union Park
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Union Park
About 8 of every 100 Union Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Union Park
Unincorporated area in Florida, US
Union Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Orange County, Florida, United States. The population was 10,452 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP codes for Union Park are 32817 and 32825. The community is southwest of the University of Central Florida.
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- Area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 82 ft
- Area code
- 407
Union Park’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Union Park.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union Park | #371 | C | C | — | B− | B− |
| Alafaya | #217 | C+ | D | — | B− | A |
Union Park and Alafaya report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Union Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Union Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Union Park, FL a good place to live?
Union Park grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #371 of 634 in Florida. It grades B− for health and B− for schools.
Is Union Park, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $325,000, 13% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.