Housing in Bayonne
Bayonne's housing market reflects its compact waterfront-peninsula geography, with a real $600,000 median price and genuine new-development activity tied to the city's current redevelopment story.
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Learn moreA real, above-national-median home price
The median home price in Bayonne ran approximately $600,000 per the sourcing reviewed this pass -- above the national median, consistent with Hudson County's broader NYC-adjacent cost level.
New waterfront residential development tied to redevelopment
Bayonne's real, current redevelopment activity -- both the 1888 Studios film campus and the separate MOTBY waterfront frontier -- includes planned new waterfront residential development, a genuine driver of the city's evolving housing stock.
A property-tax rate that adds meaningfully to ownership cost
Bayonne's 2.24% effective property tax rate runs 27% above the Hudson County average, a real, material cost factor beyond the purchase price itself.
Key takeaways
- Median home price ($600,000) runs above the national median, consistent with Hudson County's broader cost level.
- Bayonne's redevelopment story (1888 Studios, MOTBY) includes real planned new waterfront residential development.
- The city's 2.24% effective property tax rate runs 27% above the Hudson County average.
- Confirm current, address-specific pricing directly given the aggregator-style sourcing used here.
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