Hawthorne vs Passaic

A side-by-side comparison of Hawthorne and Passaic: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Passaic has the higher population (69,651 vs 19,472 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median household income ($118,093 vs $56,780 in Passaic). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($499,200 vs $406,500 in Passaic).

Population, income & housing

	Hawthorne	Passaic
Population	19,472	69,651
Median age	42.3 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$118,093	$56,780
Median home value	$499,200	$406,500
Median gross rent	$1,828	$1,392
Housing units	8,033	21,019
Homeownership rate	68.2%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawthorne	Passaic
Population	18,784 → 19,472 (+3.7%)	70,019 → 69,651 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$97,692 → $118,093 (+20.9%)	$40,865 → $56,780 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$381,000 → $499,200 (+31.0%)	$332,700 → $406,500 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,828 (+23.1%)	$1,183 → $1,392 (+17.7%)

Hawthorne

Population

18,78419,472

Median household income

$97,692$118,093

Median home value

$381,000$499,200

Median gross rent

$1,485$1,828

Passaic

Population

70,01969,651

Median household income

$40,865$56,780

Median home value

$332,700$406,500

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,392

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawthorne	Passaic
Under 5	3.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	23.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	11.3%
25 to 34	17.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	5.6%
75 and over	7.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawthorne	Passaic
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	14.6%
Black or African American	3.4%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	73.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawthorne	Passaic
No high school diploma	4.5%	33.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawthorne	Passaic
Drove alone	81.3%	48.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	16.5%
Public transit	2.4%	13.0%
Walked	1.6%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.4%	8.2%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawthorne	Passaic
1-unit, detached	52.5%	15.0%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	30.0%	36.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	27.6%
20 or more units	5.0%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hawthorne	Passaic
Poverty rate	5.1%	23.0%
Average household size	2.55	3.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1953	1938