Harrison vs Secaucus

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

Harrison 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 19,599 in Harrison). Secaucus has the higher median household income ($134,746 vs $82,290 in Harrison). Secaucus has the higher median home value ($557,800 vs $450,800 in Harrison).

Population, income & housing

	Harrison	Secaucus
Population	19,599	21,437
Median age	33.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,290	$134,746
Median home value	$450,800	$557,800
Median gross rent	$2,073	$2,197
Housing units	9,625	9,109
Homeownership rate	18.9%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	62.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrison	Secaucus
Population	17,213 → 19,599 (+13.9%)	20,125 → 21,437 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$69,604 → $82,290 (+18.2%)	$114,821 → $134,746 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $450,800 (+35.1%)	$460,800 → $557,800 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,504 → $2,073 (+37.8%)	$1,689 → $2,197 (+30.1%)

Harrison

Population

17,21319,599

Median household income

$69,604$82,290

Median home value

$333,700$450,800

Median gross rent

$1,504$2,073

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)

	Harrison	Secaucus
Under 5	4.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	30.7%	18.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.0%
75 and over	4.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrison	Secaucus
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	35.8%
Black or African American	4.9%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	22.0%	34.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	43.5%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrison	Secaucus
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	23.1%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.0%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrison	Secaucus
Drove alone	30.5%	49.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.2%
Public transit	29.6%	17.0%
Walked	8.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	23.0%
Other means	4.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrison	Secaucus
1-unit, detached	5.3%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	37.1%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	5.7%
20 or more units	39.2%	35.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Harrison	Secaucus
Poverty rate	13.9%	6.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1984	1980