With 71,553 people, Bayonne is a city in New Jersey. Owners hold 36% of the housing stock. 31% of locals were born outside the United States. Density works out to 12,292 people per square mile. The average commute runs 34 minutes. That trails the New Jersey median by roughly 19%.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $83,887, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
40% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 49%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bayonne
What changed most since 1990
White share84.2% → 42.5%(−41.7 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share9.4% → 32.1%(+22.7 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$406,092 → $460,100(+13%)US over the same years: +67%
Bayonne's population equals 10.0% of Hudson County's. Its number of veterans equals 17% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 6.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22%(374)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.3%(226)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.4%(637)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War11.5%(195)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(8)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,701 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Bayonne, decade by decade
Bayonne population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
61,444
$76,692
$406,092
16.6%
35.0
2000
61,842
$75,719
$308,588
20.9%
59.3
2010
63,024
$77,089
$523,064
28.1%
74.8
2020
71,686
$84,250
$419,365
37.8%
84.6
2024
71,553
$83,887
$460,100
39.6%
86.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
