Hoboken vs Jersey City

A side-by-side comparison of Hoboken and Jersey City: population, income, housing, and more.

Hoboken and Jersey City are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jersey City has the higher population (289,691 vs 58,340 in Hoboken). Hoboken has the higher median household income ($176,943 vs $94,813 in Jersey City). Hoboken has the higher median home value ($872,100 vs $534,500 in Jersey City).

Population, income & housing

	Hoboken	Jersey City
Population	58,340	289,691
Median age	31.9 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$176,943	$94,813
Median home value	$872,100	$534,500
Median gross rent	$2,819	$1,902
Housing units	29,985	132,636
Homeownership rate	34.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.1%	53.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoboken	Jersey City
Population	53,193 → 58,340 (+9.7%)	261,940 → 289,691 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$147,620 → $176,943 (+19.9%)	$70,752 → $94,813 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$720,700 → $872,100 (+21.0%)	$373,700 → $534,500 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,315 → $2,819 (+21.8%)	$1,401 → $1,902 (+35.8%)

Hoboken

Population

53,19358,340

Median household income

$147,620$176,943

Median home value

$720,700$872,100

Median gross rent

$2,315$2,819

Jersey City

Population

261,940289,691

Median household income

$70,752$94,813

Median home value

$373,700$534,500

Median gross rent

$1,401$1,902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hoboken	Jersey City
Under 5	7.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	7.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	35.4%	23.2%
35 to 44	17.7%	16.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	9.8%
65 to 74	3.5%	7.0%
75 and over	2.3%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoboken	Jersey City
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	24.0%
Black or African American	3.7%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	13.0%	25.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	25.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoboken	Jersey City
No high school diploma	3.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	6.9%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	50.1%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.0%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoboken	Jersey City
Drove alone	16.9%	28.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	4.7%
Public transit	37.6%	37.1%
Walked	7.9%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	34.2%	21.6%
Other means	1.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoboken	Jersey City
1-unit, detached	1.4%	7.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	31.7%
5 to 19 units	32.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	47.5%	37.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hoboken	Jersey City
Poverty rate	7.1%	15.6%
Average household size	2.04	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1975	1970