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Jersey City city, Hudson County, NJ

302,822 Population
14.7 square miles 20,533 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hudson County: 35.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$63,896 ±$3,480 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hudson County: $58,306 ±$1,654
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
$100,751 ±$5,094 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hudson County: $96,041 ±$5,560
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997

16.1% ±2.4% (48,238  ±7,257) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 15.1% 109,719 (±1.3% / ±9,093)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)

39 minutes ±1 (5,267,530  ±314,638) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Hudson County: 37.1 12,663,790 (±0.9 / ±431,024)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)

Families

129,336 ±3,930 Number of households
  • Hudson County: 306,647 ±2,935
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
2.3 ±0.1 (300,746  ±67) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hudson County: 2.4 729,056 (±0 / ±347)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098

5.4% ±1.7% (4,742  ±1,451) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 4.8% † 9,606 (±1% / ±1,960)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)

Housing

139,835 ±4,132 Number of housing units
  • Hudson County: 326,976 ±152
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877

$571,700 ±$39,269 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hudson County: $575,800 ±$20,229
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982

14.2% ±2.7% (42,439  ±8,034.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 12% † 87,308 (±1.4% / ±10,037.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)

Social

91.3% ±3.3% (203,755  ±8,533.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hudson County: 87.2% 466,590
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
58.4% ±2.7% (130,438  ±6,674) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 50.7% 271,190
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

45.7% ±2.3% (138,498  ±6,833) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Hudson County: 44.8% 330,080
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424

1.6% ±0.5% (3,908  ±1,221) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hudson County: 1.8% † 10,588 (±0.3% / ±1,784)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
3,908 Total veterans ±1,221 3,532 Male ±1,171 376 Female ±405

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