Web Design in Union, Alabama

Union on the map

Within a short drive of Union you find Eutaw (10 miles), Akron (12 miles), Moundville (16 miles) and Boligee (17 miles). A 25-mile radius around Union takes in 12 other municipalities. The town spreads over 0.8 square miles of land, with roughly 202 people per square mile. For flights, George Downer Airport (AIV) lies 19 miles away. The county seat, Eutaw, is 10 miles south. A service area page that lists the towns you cover, from Union to Boligee and Eutaw, answers the first question many customers have: do you come to me?

A web designer’s view of Union’s businesses

ZIP code 35462, which covers Union and the area around it, had 74 business establishments with employees in 2023.

Greene County as a whole had 90 employer establishments in 2023 and another 544 nonemployer businesses, the one-person shops and independent contractors that often have no website at all. Retail trade accounts for 23.3% of the county’s employer establishments, ahead of other services (repair, personal care, organizations) (12.2%) and manufacturing (10.0%).

What the Census counts in Union

Union weather and a seasonal business

Union weather, in normals: July highs around 92°F, January lows around 33°F, measured at Gainesville Lock, 17 miles away (1991-2020). About 55 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a normal year. About 75 days a year hit 90°F or more. Heat sets the rhythm: outdoor work starts early, afternoons belong to indoor activities, and the hottest weeks bring urgent searches. Plan the website around your busy season: a short email with the new text is all it takes.

Designing a website around Union’s customers

Union is one of 4 municipalities in Greene County, a county of 7,067 people. For a town as small as Union, the county figures are more reliable: the median household income is $29,200 and the median age is 42.5. Broadband reaches 67.0% of homes, and 14.6% of households are online only through a phone plan. Homeowners are 61.6% of households.

From sign-up to a live website

Aria is a web design company based in Curitiba, Brazil, building websites, online stores and business email since 2008. We work with businesses remotely, so a company in Union gets the same plan, at $89 a month, without meetings or visits.

1. Register your business online in about 5 minutes; the logo, photos and texts you already have go by email.
2. Review the website on a temporary link, ready within 5 business days, and request any changes by email.
3. Approve it, pay the first month, and the website goes live on your domain together with your business email.

Later on, you send changes by email (a new price, a new photo, a new service) and the team makes them, with no extra charge.

Before you publish: Alabama and federal rules

These are some of the Alabama and federal rules a small business with a website runs into:

• Local business tax receipts in Alabama can come from the county and, inside city or town limits, from the municipality: for you, Greene County and Union. Official source
• Selling to customers in other states? Each state sets its own threshold for remote sellers; Alabama’s is $250,000 of retail sales into Alabama in the previous calendar year (Simplified Sellers Use Tax program; flat 8% rate). Official source
• Alabama’s state sales and use tax rate on general merchandise is 4%, with a reduced 2% rate on food and groceries since September 1, 2025; cities and counties add their own rates. Alabama Department of Revenue

General information, not legal advice: confirm the details with the agency that handles each item.