New Jersey · Census place 3466570

Secaucus, New Jersey

Secaucus is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey with an estimated 22,710 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 44th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
22,710
#44 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+3.0%
+672 people
Land area
5.8 sq mi
+ 0.72 sq mi water
Density
3,895 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Secaucus. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Secaucus population, 2020 to 2024

Secaucus added 672 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.0%. In the latest year it moved by +1,238. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 47th; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Secaucus is 2.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 22,187. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Secaucus covers 5.83 square miles of land and 0.72 of water, for 3,895 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Secaucus is less dense than the typical town.

What county Secaucus is in

All of Secaucus's residents live in Hudson County, which had 736,185 residents in 2024. Secaucus holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Secaucus

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Secaucus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 07094. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Secaucus is

The Census internal point of Secaucus is at 40.782000, -74.067600. Trenton, the capital, is 53.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Union City, NJ (66,918 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Jersey City, NJ, 4.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.782000, -74.067600
DMS
40°46'55.20"N 74°04'3.36"W
UTM
18N 578674.6E 4514975.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G7QWJJ+QX

Daylight in Secaucus

At 40.78° N, Secaucus gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Secaucus

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Union City, 2.1 miles away, with 66,918 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Secaucus, NJ?

22,710 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 672 (3.0%) from 22,038 in July 2020.

What county is Secaucus in?

Hudson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Secaucus?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07094.

How far is Secaucus from Trenton?

53.0 miles (85.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Secaucus.

What is the nearest larger city to Secaucus?

Union City, NJ, with 66,918 residents, 2.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.