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Union Grove – Marshall County

Getting to know Union Grove starts with separating three things: the incorporated Marshall County town, the wider postal name and the actual destinations you would use. A home search can include all three, but they do not establish the same jurisdiction, service arrangement or outdoor access.

Union Grove: town boundary from the 2024 U.S. Census Bureau, with the same boundary highlighted in a Northern Alabama locator inset. North is up. Editorial area: Greater Huntsville. Not a property or service-boundary map.
Map sources and notes
Town boundary depiction: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line. Editorial area: Greater Huntsville. Not a property, school or utility boundary; confirm current jurisdiction and annexations with the responsible authority. View the full-size boundary map.

Does a Union Grove address mean the property is in town?

The state municipal directory identifies Union Grove as a Marshall County town. The retained Census map supplies its dated geographic outline. A useful example of why the mailing name needs care is nearby Cherokee Ridge: its official services page says mail delivery comes through the Union Grove Post Office. That does not merge the two municipalities.

Use the Marshall County property and school-system guide to connect a particular parcel with the appropriate records and enrollment office. For a town-specific question, the Marshall County Legislative Office directory lists Union Grove Town Hall at 256-753-2210. Describe the property and proposed activity, rather than asking whether every Union Grove mailing address follows one rule.

How can I avoid choosing the wrong utility website?

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s published service-line inventory identifies Union Grove Utility Board in Marshall County with water-system ID AL0000951. That named Alabama system is the useful identity to compare with the provider on a property’s records; a search result for another state’s Union Grove is not interchangeable.

The inventory is dated evidence about a water system, not an address lookup, a current water-quality conclusion or an account-start application. Obtain the serving provider from the seller or landlord without requesting private account credentials, then use the provider’s own documented contact route. Keep the water supplier, wastewater arrangement and electric provider on separate lines. This avoids turning a familiar town name into an unsupported promise that a home has every service.

Which nearby TVA outing fits the time I have?

For an outdoor introduction to the wider area, TVA describes two distinctly different routes on the south side of Guntersville Dam, off Highway 69. These are regional destinations, not trails established by Union Grove’s municipal map or guaranteed access from a home.

Route Operator’s published description Planning consequence
Cave Mountain Trail Moderate; 1.5-mile loop; hiking and parking listed. A compact loop with a defined return, rather than a six-mile commitment.
Cooley Cemetery Trail Moderate; 6 miles one way; hiking, biking and horseback riding listed. The published distance does not include a return along the same route. Choose the turnaround or pickup plan first.

Cave Mountain passes a historic cave and a tupelo-gum swamp. Treat it as a trail visit, not a cave-entry invitation: TVA’s October 28, 2024 account of the Cave Mountain gate installation explains that the gate protects the cave and its wildlife while restricting human entry. Stay outside the barrier.

Open the operator’s trail map and directions from the named route page before leaving. The linked Cave Mountain map is dated August 16, 2012 and labels the trail 1.4 miles, while the current route page says 1.5 miles; use the latter for this comparison, without treating either as a precise walking-time promise. A phone route to the general dam area is not the trail itself. If a paved or shorter alternative better fits your group, the Guntersville city-walk and state-park guide compares those different options without treating them as one continuous path.

Use a first visit to build a workable shortlist

Choose one real outing and one practical errand, then compare those journeys from the home you are considering. The useful result is not a blanket rating of Union Grove: it is knowing which destinations fit your week and which property questions still require an address-specific answer. Keep the municipal outline, provider identity and trail access separate as you make that comparison.

What do the numbers say?

Union Grove Facts

People

Population
76
Median age
59.1 years

Homes

Households
47
Housing units
59
Vacant housing units
12
Owner-occupied homes
41
Renter-occupied homes
6

Housing costs

Median owner-occupied home value
$187500
Owner costs without mortgage
$650 /mo

Calculated measures

Renters spending 30%+ on housing
0%

Travel

Mean commute
41.3 min

Income

Median household income
$50694
Sources & notes

Population

U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025; resident population as of July 1, 2025. ACS sampling margins of error do not apply.

Source data

Median age

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±34.6 years.

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Households

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±39 housing units. Households correspond to occupied housing units.

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Housing units

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±41 housing units.

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Owner-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±37 housing units.

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Renter-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±8 housing units.

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Median household income

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±30531 USD/year. Income is in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

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Vacant housing units

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Housing units. Unit: housing units. Vacant is a Census housing-status category, not a count of homes advertised for sale or rent. Published 90% margin of error: +/-11 housing units.

Source definition

Median owner-occupied home value

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units. Unit: USD. Survey-reported value of owner-occupied homes, not current listings, appraisals or sale prices. Published 90% margin of error: +/-29298 USD.

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Median gross rent

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. Unit: USD/month. Gross rent includes contract rent and applicable tenant-paid utilities and fuels; not current advertised rents. Published margin is nonnumeric; raw code: -222222222. No numeric estimate is displayed; retained source codes or denominator prevent a valid value.

Owner costs with mortgage

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units with a mortgage. Unit: USD/month. Median selected monthly owner costs include mortgage payments and applicable taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and fees; not mortgage payment alone. Published margin is nonnumeric; raw code: -222222222. No numeric estimate is displayed; retained source codes or denominator prevent a valid value.

Owner costs without mortgage

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units without a mortgage. Unit: USD/month. Median selected monthly owner costs include applicable taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and fees. Published 90% margin of error: +/-533 USD/month.

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Renters spending 30%+ on housing

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Cash-rent renter households with gross rent as a percentage of income computed. Unit: percent. Calculated share with gross rent at least 30% of household income. Excludes households whose percentage cannot be computed. Derived margin of error is unavailable; no unrelated margin is substituted. Formula: 100*(B25070_007E+B25070_008E+B25070_009E+B25070_010E)/(B25070_001E-B25070_011E). Numerator: 0; denominator: 3.

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Mean commute

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year Data Profile DP03_0025E. Mean one-way travel time to work, in minutes; workers age 16 and over who did not work from home. Retained accepted source run profile-31190; source SHA256 097b9dc1979c94ef809352561e32e389771b032607396d637bc4de7c701f8dea, line 553. This reuses accepted source evidence, not a new API fetch. Published 90% margin of error: +/-21.5 minutes. Survey travel time is not a current traffic estimate or a route to a named employer.

Source data

Population and ACS measures may cover different periods; the source notes identify each one. Community averages do not describe an individual household or establish the condition or suitability of a particular property. Estimates and margins are retained without replacing missing or annotated values with zero.

Continue your area search

Explore homes in the existing Union Grove area search. This retained map-based view is not an exact Census or service boundary, a complete inventory claim or confirmation of services. Compare the actual listing locations with the questions above.

Explore nearby

Explore source-qualified locations within 20 miles of this locality reference point, including places across county lines.

Red +: locality reference point. Bands: 1, 3, 5, 10 and 20 straight-line miles, not travel times or boundaries. Pins show recorded or representative locations; check place pages for access details.

63 source-qualified records within 20 miles.


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These records share an existing locality tag. They are listed alphabetically, not ranked by distance or suitability.

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Want help connecting the details?

Tell me about your Union Grove buying, selling or relocation plans. I can help organize the home search around the routines and property questions that matter to you, while the responsible offices and providers confirm the address-specific details.

Sources and review notes

Official resources reviewed October 30, 2026. Undated pages are treated as guidance checked on that date; hours, fees and operating arrangements can change. The retained 2024 Census map shows geographic context, not current parcel, school or utility boundaries.

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