East Newark vs Secaucus

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

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

Secaucus has the higher population (21,437 vs 2,529 in East Newark). Secaucus has the higher median household income ($134,746 vs $65,272 in East Newark). Secaucus has the higher median home value ($557,800 vs $277,700 in East Newark).

Population, income & housing

	East Newark	Secaucus
Population	2,529	21,437
Median age	42.1 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,272	$134,746
Median home value	$277,700	$557,800
Median gross rent	$1,696	$2,197
Housing units	860	9,109
Homeownership rate	25.6%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	62.7%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Newark	Secaucus
Population	2,644 → 2,529 (-4.3%)	20,125 → 21,437 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $65,272 (+2.4%)	$114,821 → $134,746 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$299,700 → $277,700 (-7.3%)	$460,800 → $557,800 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,312 → $1,696 (+29.3%)	$1,689 → $2,197 (+30.1%)

East Newark

Population

2,6442,529

Median household income

$63,750$65,272

Median home value

$299,700$277,700

Median gross rent

$1,312$1,696

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)

	East Newark	Secaucus
Under 5	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	18.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	18.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.0%
75 and over	2.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Newark	Secaucus
White (non-Hispanic)	19.1%	35.8%
Black or African American	1.5%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.2%	34.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Newark	Secaucus
No high school diploma	23.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.4%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	17.3%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Newark	Secaucus
Drove alone	38.2%	49.8%
Carpooled	23.5%	7.2%
Public transit	10.8%	17.0%
Walked	10.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	23.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Newark	Secaucus
1-unit, detached	10.9%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	74.8%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	9.5%	35.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	East Newark	Secaucus
Poverty rate	25.2%	6.0%
Average household size	3.05	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1949	1980