Best PlacesSecaucus, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Secaucus, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Secaucus ranks 8,447th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Secaucus
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Secaucus' strengths and weaknesses
Where Secaucus ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
Where Secaucus ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,520 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Secaucus
A household needs to earn about $155,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Secaucus home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $148,251; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Secaucus' effective rate of 1.33%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Secaucus
Secaucus's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Secaucus.
Who works in Secaucus, and how
Work in Secaucus centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 52%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 23%
Life in Secaucus
Secaucus has more restaurants and bars per resident than 85% of towns and more parkland per resident than 88% of towns. The coast is about 20 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Secaucus and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Secaucus, month by month
Secaucus sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Secaucus
Newark Liberty International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Secaucus
Schools across Secaucus average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Huber Street SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Nicolaus Copernicus SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Clarendon SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Secaucus Middle SchoolC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- High Tech High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Jose Marti Stem AcademyB+ · 53% proficient
- Liberty High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Secaucus school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Secaucus measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Secaucus against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Secaucus suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 95% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 25% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Secaucus
Is Secaucus a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Secaucus ranks 8,447th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, population health, and walkability, and lowest on state finances and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Secaucus expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $553,078. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $148,251 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Secaucus safe?
Secaucus is safer than 15% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $349 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Secaucus?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of towns.
Is Secaucus good for families?
Schools beat 30% of towns, crime safety beats 15%, and childcare runs $1,520 a month.
Compare Secaucus with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Secaucus. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Secaucus represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Secaucus detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Secaucus: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Secaucus: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Secaucus: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Secaucus: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Secaucus detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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