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Bayonne, NJ

74,526 Population
5.8 square miles 12,801.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,713 ±$3,400 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,724 ±$410
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$87,918 ±$13,504 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,852 ±$781
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.7% ±3.4% (6,496  ±2,550) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.5% 2,457,925 (±0.3% / ±48,416)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

34.9 minutes ±2.6 (1,168,160  ±140,940) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36.5 312,069,860 (±0.2 / ±2,124,253)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

30,657 ±1,999 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,486,828 ±18,178
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (74,397  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,506,840 (±0 / ±6,880)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.5% ±3.3% (1,137  ±598) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 223,867 (±0.2% / ±9,782)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

32,569 ±2,243 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,129,556 ±3,255
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$491,200 ±$40,892 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $648,800 ±$2,533
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.9% ±2.5% (5,083  ±1,867.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.6% 1,701,255 (±0.2% / ±37,632.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

86.8% ±6.2% (45,816  ±3,954.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.5% 12,364,968 (±0.4% / ±61,462.1)
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.4% ±4.6% (21,838  ±2,644.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 45% 6,366,678 (±0.3% / ±42,862.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

32.2% ±5.1% (23,990  ±3,762) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.8% 6,143,359
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.1% ±1.5% (1,771  ±836) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.4% 386,034 (±0.1% / ±10,262)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,771 Total veterans ±836 1,732 Male ±826 39 Female ±66

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