Kearny vs Secaucus

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

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

Kearny has the higher population (40,570 vs 21,437 in Secaucus). Secaucus has the higher median household income ($134,746 vs $83,212 in Kearny). Secaucus has the higher median home value ($557,800 vs $431,700 in Kearny).

Population, income & housing

	Kearny	Secaucus
Population	40,570	21,437
Median age	39.2 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,212	$134,746
Median home value	$431,700	$557,800
Median gross rent	$1,649	$2,197
Housing units	15,340	9,109
Homeownership rate	45.4%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	62.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearny	Secaucus
Population	41,412 → 40,570 (-2.0%)	20,125 → 21,437 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$70,702 → $83,212 (+17.7%)	$114,821 → $134,746 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$333,100 → $431,700 (+29.6%)	$460,800 → $557,800 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,304 → $1,649 (+26.5%)	$1,689 → $2,197 (+30.1%)

Kearny

Population

41,41240,570

Median household income

$70,702$83,212

Median home value

$333,100$431,700

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,649

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)

	Kearny	Secaucus
Under 5	6.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.3%	18.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.0%
75 and over	5.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearny	Secaucus
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	35.8%
Black or African American	4.7%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	34.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	50.9%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearny	Secaucus
No high school diploma	15.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.4%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearny	Secaucus
Drove alone	64.1%	49.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.2%
Public transit	13.3%	17.0%
Walked	6.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	23.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearny	Secaucus
1-unit, detached	31.3%	26.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	42.3%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	5.7%
20 or more units	9.4%	35.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kearny	Secaucus
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1952	1980