Secaucus vs Union City

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

Secaucus 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.

Union City has the higher population (66,375 vs 21,437 in Secaucus). Secaucus has the higher median household income ($134,746 vs $65,369 in Union City). Secaucus has the higher median home value ($557,800 vs $446,800 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Secaucus	Union City
Population	21,437	66,375
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$134,746	$65,369
Median home value	$557,800	$446,800
Median gross rent	$2,197	$1,489
Housing units	9,109	27,442
Homeownership rate	49.3%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.7%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Secaucus	Union City
Population	20,125 → 21,437 (+6.5%)	68,226 → 66,375 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$114,821 → $134,746 (+17.4%)	$48,992 → $65,369 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$460,800 → $557,800 (+21.1%)	$340,800 → $446,800 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $2,197 (+30.1%)	$1,225 → $1,489 (+21.6%)

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

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)

	Secaucus	Union City
Under 5	4.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.1%
25 to 34	18.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.6%
75 and over	6.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Secaucus	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	9.9%
Black or African American	5.2%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	34.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	81.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Secaucus	Union City
No high school diploma	5.2%	22.5%
High school graduate	17.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Secaucus	Union City
Drove alone	49.8%	32.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.0%
Public transit	17.0%	35.4%
Walked	2.4%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	23.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.6%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Secaucus	Union City
1-unit, detached	26.1%	4.7%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	36.8%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	32.6%
20 or more units	35.6%	23.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Secaucus	Union City
Poverty rate	6.0%	21.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1980	1958