Hoboken vs Secaucus

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

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

Hoboken has the higher population (58,340 vs 21,437 in Secaucus). Hoboken has the higher median household income ($176,943 vs $134,746 in Secaucus). Hoboken has the higher median home value ($872,100 vs $557,800 in Secaucus).

Population, income & housing

	Hoboken	Secaucus
Population	58,340	21,437
Median age	31.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$176,943	$134,746
Median home value	$872,100	$557,800
Median gross rent	$2,819	$2,197
Housing units	29,985	9,109
Homeownership rate	34.1%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.1%	62.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoboken	Secaucus
Population	53,193 → 58,340 (+9.7%)	20,125 → 21,437 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$147,620 → $176,943 (+19.9%)	$114,821 → $134,746 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$720,700 → $872,100 (+21.0%)	$460,800 → $557,800 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,315 → $2,819 (+21.8%)	$1,689 → $2,197 (+30.1%)

Hoboken

Population

53,19358,340

Median household income

$147,620$176,943

Median home value

$720,700$872,100

Median gross rent

$2,315$2,819

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)

	Hoboken	Secaucus
Under 5	7.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	7.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	35.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	17.7%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	3.5%	9.0%
75 and over	2.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoboken	Secaucus
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	35.8%
Black or African American	3.7%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	13.0%	34.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoboken	Secaucus
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	6.9%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	50.1%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.0%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoboken	Secaucus
Drove alone	16.9%	49.8%
Carpooled	1.4%	7.2%
Public transit	37.6%	17.0%
Walked	7.9%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.2%	23.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoboken	Secaucus
1-unit, detached	1.4%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	32.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	47.5%	35.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hoboken	Secaucus
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1975	1980