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Union has the youngest population (median age 34.7).

West Point has the most people working from home (64.2%).

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Measure	Union	West Point
People
Population	105Lowest	193Highest
Median age	34.7±40.4Lowest 9% below SD	54.1±23.8Highest 42% above SD
	West Point and Union are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18	19%±32.8Lowest SD: 24.2%	30.6%±25.1Highest SD: 24.2%
	West Point and Union are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+	26.7%±26.1Highest SD: 18%	24.9%±20.3Lowest SD: 18%
	Union and West Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+	8.6%Lowest SD: 31.9%	20.9%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents	0%±13.5 SD: 5%	0%±7.3 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian	$123,929±$46kLowest 65% above SD	$129,554±$11kHighest 73% above SD
	West Point and Union are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied	—	$222,500±$4k 14% below SD
Property taxmedian, yearly	$863Lowest 68% below SD	$1,280Highest 53% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent	—	0%±100 SD: 39.8%
Below poverty line	0% SD: 11.9%	0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes	80.8%Lowest SD: 68.6%	89.8%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year	1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD	1979Highest 1 yr older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way	—	17 min 5% below SD
Work from home	32.4%±17.4Lowest SD: 9.7%	64.2%±40.3Highest SD: 9.7%
	West Point and Union are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents	0%	0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line	34.8 miLowest	43.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub	0.24Highest	0.06Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town	Chamberlain (21%)	Kimball (12%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others	Few work in West Point	Few work in Union
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town	18.9%Highest	14.4%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles	3.4 miLowest	3.5 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi	0.1 mi	0.1 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map	0	0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure	0.6	0.6
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SD average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data; commute flows: Census LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.