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Hoboken, NJ

53,211 Population
1.3 square miles 42,561.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$86,413 ±$3,139 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $41,127 ±$186
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $40,895 ±$197
$136,402 ±$5,692 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $75,086 ±$342
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $79,363 ±$386

9.1% ±1.5% (4,726  ±784) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 13.4% 2,626,628 (±0.1% / ±21,226)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.4% 904,132 (±0.2% / ±13,835)

39.6 minutes ±0.7 (1,321,285  ±38,027) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 36.7 335,484,990 (±0.1 / ±1,076,815)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.8 130,635,610 (±0.1 / ±519,284)

Families

25,132 ±463 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,196,383 ±12,705
  • New Jersey: 3,213,362 ±6,651
2.1 ±0 (51,851  ±190) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 19,578,894
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,697,059 (±0)

5.2% ±1.1% (962  ±201) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.7% 228,150 (±0.1% / ±3,624)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 99,729 (±0.1% / ±2,120)

Housing

27,308 ±616 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,945,874 ±1,445
  • New Jersey: 3,605,401 ±471

$693,400 ±$20,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $426,100 ±$889
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $327,900 ±$841

21.8% ±1.8% (11,412  ±925) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.4% 1,853,806 (±0.1% / ±15,215.7)
  • more than double the rate in New Jersey: 10.1% 891,243 (±0.1% / ±10,510.3)

Social

94.4% ±2.8% (38,809  ±1,266.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 86.3% 11,962,520 (±0.2% / ±26,480.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 89.5% 5,488,429 (±0.3% / ±15,972)
78.7% ±2.5% (32,356  ±1,124.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.4% 5,462,854 (±0.1% / ±16,954)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 38.9% 2,384,056 (±0.2% / ±9,440.3)

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

16.5% ±1.3% (8,790  ±715) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 28.8% 5,761,610 (±0.1% / ±20,062)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 22.2% 1,968,060 (±0.1% / ±9,950)

2.1% ±0.5% (942  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.6% 563,935 (±0% / ±5,263)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 4.8% 333,835 (±0.1% / ±3,178)
942 Total veterans ±221 886 Male ±201 56 Female ±50

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