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About Secaucus
Town in Hudson County, New Jersey, USSecaucus ( SEE-kaw-kəs) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population was 22,181, an increase of 5,917 (+36.4%) from the 2010 census count of 16,264, which in turn reflected an increase of 333 (+2.1%) from the 15,931 counted in the 2000 census. Located within the New Jersey Meadowlands, it is the most suburban of the county's municipalities, though large parts of the town are dedicated to light manufacturing, retail, and transportation uses, as well as protected areas. Secaucus is a derivation of the Algonquian words for "black" (seke or sukit) and "snake" (achgook; perhaps something like /axkuk/), or "place of snakes", or from sekakes, …
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Housing in Secaucus
The typical Secaucus home is worth about $658,000, up 4% in a year, 13% above the New Jersey typical home.
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Safety in Secaucus
Safety Grade C-
Secaucus reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 80% report less.
Schools in Secaucus
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The public schools Secaucus’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
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