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Jersey City city, Hudson County, NJ

291,663 Population
14.7 square miles 19,776.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hudson County: 36 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.4 ±0.2

Economics

$58,216 ±$3,565 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hudson County: $54,450 ±$1,990
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $52,583 ±$435
$91,286 ±$5,983 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hudson County: $89,272 ±$3,187
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $99,781 ±$1,061

17.1% ±2.5% (49,506  ±7,080) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 15.5% 108,239 (±1.5% / ±10,467)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 886,772 (±0.3% / ±27,839)

37.5 minutes ±2.6 (4,965,630  ±247,709) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Hudson County: 36.2 11,845,495 (±0.6 / ±350,467)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.4 126,643,450 (±0.3 / ±1,324,142)

Families

130,020 ±4,136 Number of households
  • Hudson County: 305,743 ±3,249
  • New Jersey: 3,538,457 ±8,891
2.2 ±0.1 (289,619  ±59) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hudson County: 2.3 697,834 (±0 / ±345)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,122,744

4.8% ±1.7% (3,956  ±1,432) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Hudson County: 4.9% † 9,152 (±1% / ±1,836)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 108,771 (±0.3% / ±6,919)

Housing

138,013 ±4,194 Number of housing units
  • Hudson County: 325,334 ±162
  • New Jersey: 3,803,652 ±1,675

$556,900 ±$33,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Hudson County: $531,900 ±$22,116
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $461,000 ±$2,830

12.3% ±1.7% (35,534  ±5,001.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 10.6% 74,118 (±1% / ±6,982.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.4% 860,587 (±0.3% / ±27,733.6)

Social

91.1% ±3.3% (194,216  ±8,091.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hudson County: 88% 453,203 (±2.3% / ±11,907)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,903,558 (±0.6% / ±39,527)
56.8% ±2.7% (121,098  ±6,251.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 49.5% 254,892 (±1.7% / ±8,773.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 43.8% 2,850,285 (±0.4% / ±26,559.1)

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

38.8% ±2.1% (113,031  ±6,014) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Hudson County: 40.7% 287,160
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 24.2% 2,250,431

2.1% ±0.7% (4,866  ±1,646) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hudson County: 1.8% † 10,026 (±0.4% / ±2,029)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 3.6% 258,485 (±0.1% / ±8,678)
4,866 Total veterans ±1,646 4,357 Male ±1,650 509 Female ±397

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