Bayonne vs Jersey City

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

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

Jersey City has the higher population (289,691 vs 70,468 in Bayonne). Jersey City has the higher median household income ($94,813 vs $81,285 in Bayonne). Jersey City has the higher median home value ($534,500 vs $446,100 in Bayonne).

Population, income & housing

	Bayonne	Jersey City
Population	70,468	289,691
Median age	38.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,285	$94,813
Median home value	$446,100	$534,500
Median gross rent	$1,593	$1,902
Housing units	30,161	132,636
Homeownership rate	37.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	53.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayonne	Jersey City
Population	65,091 → 70,468 (+8.3%)	261,940 → 289,691 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$63,947 → $81,285 (+27.1%)	$70,752 → $94,813 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $446,100 (+33.7%)	$373,700 → $534,500 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,593 (+26.9%)	$1,401 → $1,902 (+35.8%)

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

Jersey City

Population

261,940289,691

Median household income

$70,752$94,813

Median home value

$373,700$534,500

Median gross rent

$1,401$1,902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayonne	Jersey City
Under 5	7.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	23.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	7.0%
75 and over	5.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayonne	Jersey City
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	24.0%
Black or African American	10.6%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	10.2%	25.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayonne	Jersey City
No high school diploma	9.3%	9.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayonne	Jersey City
Drove alone	49.5%	28.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.7%
Public transit	20.9%	37.1%
Walked	6.3%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	13.3%	21.6%
Other means	2.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayonne	Jersey City
1-unit, detached	14.4%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	46.1%	31.7%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	15.5%
20 or more units	16.1%	37.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bayonne	Jersey City
Poverty rate	14.4%	15.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1955	1970