Hoboken vs Kearny

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

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

Hoboken has the higher population (58,340 vs 40,570 in Kearny). Hoboken has the higher median household income ($176,943 vs $83,212 in Kearny). Hoboken has the higher median home value ($872,100 vs $431,700 in Kearny).

Population, income & housing

	Hoboken	Kearny
Population	58,340	40,570
Median age	31.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$176,943	$83,212
Median home value	$872,100	$431,700
Median gross rent	$2,819	$1,649
Housing units	29,985	15,340
Homeownership rate	34.1%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.1%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoboken	Kearny
Population	53,193 → 58,340 (+9.7%)	41,412 → 40,570 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$147,620 → $176,943 (+19.9%)	$70,702 → $83,212 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$720,700 → $872,100 (+21.0%)	$333,100 → $431,700 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,315 → $2,819 (+21.8%)	$1,304 → $1,649 (+26.5%)

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

Kearny

Population

41,41240,570

Median household income

$70,702$83,212

Median home value

$333,100$431,700

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hoboken	Kearny
Under 5	7.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	7.7%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	35.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	17.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	6.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	3.5%	8.9%
75 and over	2.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoboken	Kearny
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	33.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	2.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	50.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoboken	Kearny
No high school diploma	3.0%	15.8%
High school graduate	6.9%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	50.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoboken	Kearny
Drove alone	16.9%	64.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	10.4%
Public transit	37.6%	13.3%
Walked	7.9%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	34.2%	5.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoboken	Kearny
1-unit, detached	1.4%	31.3%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	42.3%
5 to 19 units	32.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	47.5%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hoboken	Kearny
Poverty rate	7.1%	12.5%
Average household size	2.04	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1975	1952