Bayonne vs Union City

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

Bayonne and Union City 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 66,375 in Union City). Bayonne has the higher median household income ($81,285 vs $65,369 in Union City). Union City has the higher median home value ($446,800 vs $446,100 in Bayonne).

Population, income & housing

	Bayonne	Union City
Population	70,468	66,375
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,285	$65,369
Median home value	$446,100	$446,800
Median gross rent	$1,593	$1,489
Housing units	30,161	27,442
Homeownership rate	37.4%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayonne	Union City
Population	65,091 → 70,468 (+8.3%)	68,226 → 66,375 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$63,947 → $81,285 (+27.1%)	$48,992 → $65,369 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $446,100 (+33.7%)	$340,800 → $446,800 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,255 → $1,593 (+26.9%)	$1,225 → $1,489 (+21.6%)

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

Union City

Population

68,22666,375

Median household income

$48,992$65,369

Median home value

$340,800$446,800

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayonne	Union City
Under 5	7.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.6%
75 and over	5.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayonne	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	43.6%	9.9%
Black or African American	10.6%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	81.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayonne	Union City
No high school diploma	9.3%	22.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayonne	Union City
Drove alone	49.5%	32.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.0%
Public transit	20.9%	35.4%
Walked	6.3%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	13.3%	7.1%
Other means	2.3%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayonne	Union City
1-unit, detached	14.4%	4.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	46.1%	36.8%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	32.6%
20 or more units	16.1%	23.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayonne	Union City
Poverty rate	14.4%	21.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1955	1958