Hoboken vs Union City

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

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

Union City has the higher population (66,375 vs 58,340 in Hoboken). Hoboken has the higher median household income ($176,943 vs $65,369 in Union City). Hoboken has the higher median home value ($872,100 vs $446,800 in Union City).

Population, income & housing

	Hoboken	Union City
Population	58,340	66,375
Median age	31.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$176,943	$65,369
Median home value	$872,100	$446,800
Median gross rent	$2,819	$1,489
Housing units	29,985	27,442
Homeownership rate	34.1%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.1%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hoboken	Union City
Population	53,193 → 58,340 (+9.7%)	68,226 → 66,375 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$147,620 → $176,943 (+19.9%)	$48,992 → $65,369 (+33.4%)
Median home value	$720,700 → $872,100 (+21.0%)	$340,800 → $446,800 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,315 → $2,819 (+21.8%)	$1,225 → $1,489 (+21.6%)

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

Union City

Population

68,22666,375

Median household income

$48,992$65,369

Median home value

$340,800$446,800

Median gross rent

$1,225$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hoboken	Union City
Under 5	7.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	7.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.1%
25 to 34	35.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	17.7%	15.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	3.5%	6.6%
75 and over	2.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hoboken	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	64.8%	9.9%
Black or African American	3.7%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	81.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hoboken	Union City
No high school diploma	3.0%	22.5%
High school graduate	6.9%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	7.0%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	50.1%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	33.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hoboken	Union City
Drove alone	16.9%	32.1%
Carpooled	1.4%	10.0%
Public transit	37.6%	35.4%
Walked	7.9%	11.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	34.2%	7.1%
Other means	1.5%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hoboken	Union City
1-unit, detached	1.4%	4.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	36.8%
5 to 19 units	32.0%	32.6%
20 or more units	47.5%	23.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hoboken	Union City
Poverty rate	7.1%	21.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	1975	1958