Passaic vs Preakness

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

Passaic and Preakness 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 18,538 in Preakness). Preakness has the higher median household income ($133,168 vs $56,780 in Passaic). Preakness has the higher median home value ($603,200 vs $406,500 in Passaic).

Population, income & housing

	Passaic	Preakness
Population	69,651	18,538
Median age	30.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,780	$133,168
Median home value	$406,500	$603,200
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,946
Housing units	21,019	6,906
Homeownership rate	23.5%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Passaic	Preakness
Population	70,019 → 69,651 (-0.5%)	18,300 → 18,538 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$40,865 → $56,780 (+38.9%)	$120,380 → $133,168 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$332,700 → $406,500 (+22.2%)	$489,900 → $603,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,392 (+17.7%)	$1,637 → $1,946 (+18.9%)

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

Preakness

Population

18,30018,538

Median household income

$120,380$133,168

Median home value

$489,900$603,200

Median gross rent

$1,637$1,946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Passaic	Preakness
Under 5	7.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	23.4%	17.3%
18 to 24	11.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.3%
75 and over	3.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Passaic	Preakness
White (non-Hispanic)	14.6%	71.3%
Black or African American	6.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	73.0%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Passaic	Preakness
No high school diploma	33.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Passaic	Preakness
Drove alone	48.9%	72.1%
Carpooled	16.5%	7.7%
Public transit	13.0%	6.8%
Walked	11.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	12.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Passaic	Preakness
1-unit, detached	15.0%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	36.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	27.6%	12.8%
20 or more units	16.8%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Passaic	Preakness
Poverty rate	23.0%	3.7%
Average household size	3.39	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1938	1967