Union City, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Union City, New Jersey, shaded from 6 ft on the south side to 250 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
250 ft 80 m190 ft 60 m160 ft 50 m99 ft 30 m37 ft 11 m6 ft 2 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Union City sits at about 190 ft (55 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
190 ft 55 m
most residents: 160–220 ft
Lowest
6 ft 2 m
on the south side
Highest
250 ft 80 m
on the southwest side
Average
180 ft 55 m
all land inside city limits

Union City spans about 244 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
190 ft55 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
250 ft80 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
6 ft2 m
Town center
USGS map point for Union City
170 ft55 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi southwest of the city limits
18 ft5 m
Average of all land180 ft55 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Union City, New Jersey, shaded from 6 ft on the south side to 250 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
Population
66,918 2024 est.
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
51,995 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.7795° N, 74.0238° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07087
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cliffside Park260 ft
  2. Fairview230 ft
  3. Guttenberg190 ft
  4. Union City190 ft
  5. North Bergen Township180 ft
  6. West New York170 ft
  7. Weehawken Township160 ft
  8. Ridgefield71 ft
  9. Edgewater14 ft
  10. Secaucus11 ft
  11. Hoboken7 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Hill, Essex County640 ft
  • Mayapple Hill590 ft
  • Kings Bluff180 ft
  • Laurel Hill, Hudson County170 ft
  • Little Snake Hill72 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.