Bayonne vs Secaucus

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

Bayonne and Secaucus 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 21,437 in Secaucus). Secaucus has the higher median household income ($134,746 vs $81,285 in Bayonne). Secaucus has the higher median home value ($557,800 vs $446,100 in Bayonne).

Population, income & housing

	Bayonne	Secaucus
Population	70,468	21,437
Median age	38.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,285	$134,746
Median home value	$446,100	$557,800
Median gross rent	$1,593	$2,197
Housing units	30,161	9,109
Homeownership rate	37.4%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	62.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayonne	Secaucus
Population	65,091 → 70,468 (+8.3%)	20,125 → 21,437 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$63,947 → $81,285 (+27.1%)	$114,821 → $134,746 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $446,100 (+33.7%)	$460,800 → $557,800 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,593 (+26.9%)	$1,689 → $2,197 (+30.1%)

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

Secaucus

Population

20,12521,437

Median household income

$114,821$134,746

Median home value

$460,800$557,800

Median gross rent

$1,689$2,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayonne	Secaucus
Under 5	7.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	14.8%	18.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.0%
75 and over	5.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayonne	Secaucus
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	35.8%
Black or African American	10.6%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	10.2%	34.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayonne	Secaucus
No high school diploma	9.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	28.8%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayonne	Secaucus
Drove alone	49.5%	49.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.2%
Public transit	20.9%	17.0%
Walked	6.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	23.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayonne	Secaucus
1-unit, detached	14.4%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	46.1%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	16.1%	35.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bayonne	Secaucus
Poverty rate	14.4%	6.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1955	1980