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Hudson County (Central)--Jersey City (South) PUMA, NJ

132,750 Population
8.4 square miles 15,823.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,394 ±$4,097 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New Jersey: $53,818 ±$373
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$71,054 ±$12,196 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Jersey: $104,294 ±$997
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.6% ±3.9% (21,828  ±5,314) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 859,029 (±0.3% / ±29,158)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

40.2 minutes ±1.5 (2,173,615  ±231,653) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 31.9 131,588,270 (±0.2 / ±1,265,689)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

51,104 ±2,820 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,543,944 ±7,728
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (131,440  ±7,600) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,334,098
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.5% ±3.5% (2,682  ±1,125) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.4% 117,595 (±0.3% / ±6,859)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

54,025 ±2,775 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,816,432 ±2,877
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$493,000 ±$46,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $496,000 ±$2,982
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.6% ±4.9% (15,252  ±6,529.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 8.8% 825,588 (±0.3% / ±26,043.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.2% ±3.9% (80,824  ±5,719.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.4% 6,015,420 (±0.6% / ±40,185.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
38.8% ±3.4% (35,908  ±3,735.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 44.6% 2,965,532 (±0.4% / ±26,621.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

45.9% ±3% (56,808  ±3,849.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 33.1% 2,922,137 (±0.2% / ±15,881.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

41.4% ±4.7% (55,011  ±7,042) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 25% 2,376,424
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.4% ±0.9% (2,506  ±914) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 3.4% 249,802 (±0.1% / ±7,648)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,506 Total veterans ±914 2,177 Male ±837 329 Female ±367

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