Bayonne vs Hoboken

A side-by-side comparison of Bayonne and Hoboken: population, income, housing, and more.

Bayonne and Hoboken are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bayonne has the higher population (70,468 vs 58,340 in Hoboken). Hoboken has the higher median household income ($176,943 vs $81,285 in Bayonne). Hoboken has the higher median home value ($872,100 vs $446,100 in Bayonne).

Population, income & housing

	Bayonne	Hoboken
Population	70,468	58,340
Median age	38.6 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,285	$176,943
Median home value	$446,100	$872,100
Median gross rent	$1,593	$2,819
Housing units	30,161	29,985
Homeownership rate	37.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	83.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayonne	Hoboken
Population	65,091 → 70,468 (+8.3%)	53,193 → 58,340 (+9.7%)
Median household income	$63,947 → $81,285 (+27.1%)	$147,620 → $176,943 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $446,100 (+33.7%)	$720,700 → $872,100 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,593 (+26.9%)	$2,315 → $2,819 (+21.8%)

Bayonne

Population

65,09170,468

Median household income

$63,947$81,285

Median home value

$333,700$446,100

Median gross rent

$1,255$1,593

Hoboken

Population

53,19358,340

Median household income

$147,620$176,943

Median home value

$720,700$872,100

Median gross rent

$2,315$2,819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayonne	Hoboken
Under 5	7.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	7.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	35.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	17.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	6.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	3.5%
75 and over	5.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayonne	Hoboken
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	64.8%
Black or African American	10.6%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	10.2%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayonne	Hoboken
No high school diploma	9.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	7.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	50.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	33.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayonne	Hoboken
Drove alone	49.5%	16.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	1.4%
Public transit	20.9%	37.6%
Walked	6.3%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.3%	34.2%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayonne	Hoboken
1-unit, detached	14.4%	1.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	46.1%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	32.0%
20 or more units	16.1%	47.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayonne	Hoboken
Poverty rate	14.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1955	1975