Bayonne vs Kearny

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

Bayonne and Kearny 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 40,570 in Kearny). Kearny has the higher median household income ($83,212 vs $81,285 in Bayonne). Bayonne has the higher median home value ($446,100 vs $431,700 in Kearny).

Population, income & housing

	Bayonne	Kearny
Population	70,468	40,570
Median age	38.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,285	$83,212
Median home value	$446,100	$431,700
Median gross rent	$1,593	$1,649
Housing units	30,161	15,340
Homeownership rate	37.4%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayonne	Kearny
Population	65,091 → 70,468 (+8.3%)	41,412 → 40,570 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$63,947 → $81,285 (+27.1%)	$70,702 → $83,212 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $446,100 (+33.7%)	$333,100 → $431,700 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,593 (+26.9%)	$1,304 → $1,649 (+26.5%)

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

Kearny

Population

41,41240,570

Median household income

$70,702$83,212

Median home value

$333,100$431,700

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayonne	Kearny
Under 5	7.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	15.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.9%
75 and over	5.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayonne	Kearny
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	33.5%
Black or African American	10.6%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	2.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	50.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayonne	Kearny
No high school diploma	9.3%	15.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayonne	Kearny
Drove alone	49.5%	64.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.4%
Public transit	20.9%	13.3%
Walked	6.3%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.3%	5.3%
Other means	2.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayonne	Kearny
1-unit, detached	14.4%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	46.1%	42.3%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	12.2%
20 or more units	16.1%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bayonne	Kearny
Poverty rate	14.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1955	1952