Secaucus vs West New York

A side-by-side comparison of Secaucus and West New York: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West New York has the higher population (51,683 vs 21,437 in Secaucus). Secaucus has the higher median household income ($134,746 vs $67,139 in West New York). Secaucus has the higher median home value ($557,800 vs $410,200 in West New York).

Population, income & housing

	Secaucus	West New York
Population	21,437	51,683
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$134,746	$67,139
Median home value	$557,800	$410,200
Median gross rent	$2,197	$1,607
Housing units	9,109	22,165
Homeownership rate	49.3%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.7%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Secaucus	West New York
Population	20,125 → 21,437 (+6.5%)	52,662 → 51,683 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$114,821 → $134,746 (+17.4%)	$56,436 → $67,139 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$460,800 → $557,800 (+21.1%)	$326,900 → $410,200 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $2,197 (+30.1%)	$1,296 → $1,607 (+24.0%)

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

West New York

Population

52,66251,683

Median household income

$56,436$67,139

Median home value

$326,900$410,200

Median gross rent

$1,296$1,607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Secaucus	West New York
Under 5	4.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.4%	17.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.6%
75 and over	6.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Secaucus	West New York
White (non-Hispanic)	35.8%	13.8%
Black or African American	5.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	34.5%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	76.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Secaucus	West New York
No high school diploma	5.2%	23.6%
High school graduate	17.8%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Secaucus	West New York
Drove alone	49.8%	28.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.8%
Public transit	17.0%	39.5%
Walked	2.4%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	23.0%	13.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Secaucus	West New York
1-unit, detached	26.1%	4.7%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	25.8%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	22.5%
20 or more units	35.6%	42.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Secaucus	West New York
Poverty rate	6.0%	21.4%
Average household size	2.44	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1980	1963