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Total population: 242,503 (All urban)

Jersey City,NJ index of house prices


Houses: 93,648 (88,632 occupied: 24,965 owner occupied, 63,667 renter occupied)
% of renters here:

72%
State:

68%

Housing density: 6278 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2009 in this state: $376,766.


Median contract rent in 2009: $899 (lower quartile is $665, upper quartile is $1,257)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2009: $1,178


Median gross rent in Jersey City, NJ in 2009: $1,034


Housing units in Jersey City with a mortgage: 6,893 (780 second mortgage, 609 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,827


Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $89,228


Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $53,090


Median monthly housing costs: $1,194





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Jersey City, New Jersey Age and Sex of Residents


Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $361,000 (it was $137,900 in 2000)
Jersey City:

$361,000
New Jersey:

$348,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $274,100 - $495,900

Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $263,623
Here:

$263,623
State:

$429,197

Townhouses or other attached units: $229,276
Here:

$229,276
State:

$286,566

In 2-unit structures: $306,285
Here:

$306,285
State:

$397,697

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $407,953
Here:

$407,953
State:

$336,988

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $174,369
Here:

$174,369
State:

$292,192

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $166,879
Here:

$166,879
State:

$87,707

Median year house/condo built: 1943

Median year apartment built: 1952

Household type by relationship:

Households: 236,707
  • In family households: 195,489 (32,386 male householders, 23,728 female householders)
    33,203 spouses, 73,636 children (70,349 natural, 1,254 adopted, 2,033 stepchildren), 7,323 grandchildren, 6,233 brothers or sisters, 4,243 parents, 7,948 other relatives, 6,789 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 41,218 (16,629 male householders (12,333 living alone)), 15,874 female householders (13,561 living alone)), 8,715 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 3,348 (1,526 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 18,008 2-persons, 14,303 3-persons, 11,646 4-persons, 6,783 5-persons, 3,042 6-persons, 2,332 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 25,894 1-person, 5,374 2-persons, 767 3-persons, 313 4-persons, 48 5-persons, 82 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons.

28,503 married couples with children.
21,168 single-parent households (3,259 men, 17,909 women).

50.0% of residents of Jersey City speak English at home.
25.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (53% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
11.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
9.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.7% of residents speak other language at home (57% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 81,554 (34.0%)
(41.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

5.5
State:

6.6

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:

3.7
State:

3.8

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Rooms in houses/apartments in Jersey City, New Jersey
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
  • 1 room: 239
  • 2 rooms: 917
  • 3 rooms: 1,900
  • 4 rooms: 3,444
  • 5 rooms: 5,934
  • 6 rooms: 5,379
  • 7 rooms: 2,222
  • 8 rooms: 1,513
  • 9 or more rooms: 3,417
  • 1 room: 4,371
  • 2 rooms: 8,297
  • 3 rooms: 16,650
  • 4 rooms: 16,453
  • 5 rooms: 11,986
  • 6 rooms: 4,203
  • 7 rooms: 951
  • 8 rooms: 327
  • 9 or more rooms: 429
Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jersey City, New Jersey
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
  • no bedroom: 411
  • 1 bedroom: 2,827
  • 2 bedrooms: 7,618
  • 3 bedrooms: 8,775
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,876
  • 5+ bedrooms: 2,458
  • no bedroom: 5,333
  • 1 bedroom: 23,907
  • 2 bedrooms: 22,374
  • 3 bedrooms: 10,307
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,349
  • 5+ bedrooms: 397
Cars and other vehicles available in Jersey City, New Jersey in houses/condos/apartments
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
  • no vehicle: 4,830
  • 1 vehicle: 11,276
  • 2 vehicles: 6,567
  • 3 vehicles: 1,769
  • 4 vehicles: 358
  • 5+ vehicles: 165
  • no vehicle: 31,220
  • 1 vehicle: 25,634
  • 2 vehicles: 5,657
  • 3 vehicles: 683
  • 4 vehicles: 183
  • 5+ vehicles: 290

Median 2009 house/condo value by year built


Year house built

  • 2005 or later: 2,431
  • 2000 to 2004: 6,923
  • 1990 to 1999: 7,585
  • 1980 to 1989: 7,350
  • 1970 to 1979: 5,846
  • 1960 to 1969: 8,663
  • 1950 to 1959: 10,385
  • 1940 to 1949: 9,748
  • 1939 or earlier: 45,533

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders


Jersey City, NJ house values

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2009 in Jersey City, NJ:

  • Less than $10,000: 27
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 14
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 14
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 14
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 24
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 27
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 26
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 32
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 88
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 117
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 128
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 113
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 101
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 303
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 532
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 812
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 1041
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 3058
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 3745
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 8194
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 6192
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 4118
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 897
  • $1,000,000 or more: 689
 


Jersey City rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2009 in Jersey City:

  • Less than $100: 289 people
  • $100 to $149: 268
  • $150 to $199: 1,028
  • $200 to $249: 1,059
  • $250 to $299: 728
  • $300 to $349: 645
  • $350 to $399: 578
  • $400 to $449: 970
  • $450 to $499: 1,010
  • $500 to $549: 1,255
  • $550 to $599: 1,741
  • $600 to $649: 1,715
  • $650 to $699: 1,937
  • $700 to $749: 2,077
  • $750 to $799: 2,599
  • $800 to $899: 5,798
  • $900 to $999: 5,726
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 11,708
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 7,322
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 7,251
  • $2,000 or more: 6,343
  • No cash rent: 1,121
 

Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit


Year of entry for the foreign-born population

  • 1995 to March 2000: 22,242
  • 1990 to 1994: 17,457
  • 1985 to 1989: 14,183
  • 1980 to 1984: 10,590
  • 1975 to 1979: 5,707
  • 1970 to 1974: 5,463
  • 1970 to 1974: 2,827
  • 1965 to 1969: 3,085


Jersey City, NJ Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 49.2%
Number of people working at home: 1,811 (1.8% of all workers)


Jersey City commuting: travel time to work

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 1233
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 4219
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 8633
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 11908
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 13211
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 4811
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 18585
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 2939
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 5043
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 13609
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 10520
  • 90 or more minutes: 4228
 


Jersey City mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 36,639 (36%)
  • Carpooled: 13,393 (13%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 16,800 (17%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 258 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 19,711 (20%)
  • Railroad: 2,150 (2%)
  • Ferryboat: 510 (1%)
  • Taxi: 406 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 49 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 247 (0%)
  • Walked: 8,079 (8%)
  • Other means: 697 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 1,811 (2%)
 


Jersey City, NJ household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 13002
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 6188
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 5337
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 5230
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 5854
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 5583
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 4934
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 4666
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 4159
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 6889
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 8446
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 8174
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 4278
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 2245
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 1851
  • $200,000 or more: 1781
 

First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 138538
 Italian: 13843
 Irish: 9859
 Arab:: 6576
 Polish: 5711
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 5207
 Subsaharan African:: 5137
 Egyptian: 4762
 United States or American: 4513
 German: 3689
 African: 3397
 Haitian: 1859
 Guyanese: 1816
 English: 1502
 Russian: 1318
 Jamaican: 948
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 948
 Greek: 900
 West Indian: 790
 Arab/Arabic: 753
 Scottish: 585
 French (except Basque): 529
 Ukrainian: 500
 Nigerian: 449
 Hungarian: 418
 British West Indian: 350
 European: 345
 Dutch: 330
 Scotch-Irish: 319
 Lebanese: 309
 Norwegian: 286
 Portuguese: 282
 Slovak: 276
 Brazilian: 256
 British: 227
 Moroccan: 223
 Ethiopian: 210
 Kenyan: 209
 Other Subsaharan African: 202
 Israeli: 187
 Eastern European: 183
 Canadian: 174
 Syrian: 174
 Swedish: 172
 Iranian: 170
 Other Arab: 169
 Turkish: 158
 French Canadian: 150
 Austrian: 149
 Sudanese: 146
 Romanian: 145
 Jordanian: 143
 Belizean: 138
 Croatian: 130
 Lithuanian: 124
 Welsh: 118
 Danish: 118
 Ghanian: 114
 Cape Verdean: 110
 Senegalese: 110
 Armenian: 102
 Swiss: 90
 Czech: 90
 Barbadian: 82
 Afghan: 82
 Australian: 75
 Czechoslovakian: 64
 Slavic: 59
 South African: 59
 Scandinavian: 58
 Northern European: 54
 Liberian: 50
 Finnish: 48
 Sierra Leonean: 44
 Celtic: 43
 Pennsylvania German: 42
 Palestinian: 37
 Yugoslavian: 36
 Bahamian: 31
 Bulgarian: 31
 U.S. Virgin Islander: 29
 Serbian: 28
 Slovene: 28
 Other West Indian: 28
 Belgian: 27
 Somalian: 27
 Alsatian: 26
 Latvian: 26
 Albanian: 21
 Basque: 12
 Ugandan: 10
 Macedonian: 7
 German Russian: 6
 Iraqi: 6
 Cypriot: 6
 Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 6
 Soviet Union: 5
 Dutch West Indian: 4


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):



  • Philippines (16%)
  • India (12%)
  • Dominican Republic (11%)
  • Ecuador (6%)
  • Egypt (5%)
  • Guyana (3%)
  • Pakistan (3%)


Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 102257
  • Northeast: 24869
  • Midwest: 2679
  • South: 13991
  • West: 1950

59% of Jersey City residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in New Jersey.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 1,331
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 611
  • 5th and 6th grade: 1,810
  • 7th and 8th grade: 3,248
  • 9th grade: 2,525
  • 10th grade: 2,585
  • 11th grade: 2,237
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 4,598
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 17,697
  • Less than 1 year of college: 3,348
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,966
  • Associate degree: 2,594
  • Bachelor's degree: 14,529
  • Master's degree: 5,220
  • Professional school degree: 1,925
  • Doctorate degree: 847

Educational Attainment for Males (%)

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 2,125
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 1,012
  • 5th and 6th grade: 2,384
  • 7th and 8th grade: 3,914
  • 9th grade: 2,625
  • 10th grade: 3,431
  • 11th grade: 3,058
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 5,131
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 22,023
  • Less than 1 year of college: 4,387
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 8,100
  • Associate degree: 3,044
  • Bachelor's degree: 13,671
  • Master's degree: 4,474
  • Professional school degree: 1,515
  • Doctorate degree: 495

Educational Attainment for Females (%)


Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.9%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 14.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 15.3%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 42.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 26.0%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 5.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.0%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 8.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 12.8%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.5%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 12.0%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 10.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 13.1%


Median household income in 2009 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $71,807
  • Black householders: $39,597
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $41,350
  • Asian householders: $80,181
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $63,820
  • Some other race householders: $43,592
  • Two or more races householders: $35,262
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $43,175
Jersey City household income for White non-Hispanic householders
Jersey City household income for Black householders
Jersey City household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders
Jersey City household income for Asian householders
Jersey City household income for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders
Jersey City household income for Some other race householders
Jersey City household income for Two or more races householders
Jersey City household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Jersey City marital status for males
Jersey City marital status for females

Median 2009 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $328,015
  • Black or African American householders: $295,292
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $204,976
  • Asian householders: $350,266
  • Some other race householders: $342,413
  • Two or more races householders: $358,382
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $343,984

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 7,792
  • One, attached: 6,992
  • Two: 23,830
  • 3 or 4: 13,487
  • 5 to 9: 11,286
  • 10 to 19: 7,515
  • 20 to 49: 9,067
  • 50 or more: 13,596
  • Mobile homes: 32
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 51

Median worth of mobile homes: $334,500


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

House/condo owner moved in on average 11 years ago


Renter moved in on average 5 years ago

Year Householders Moved Into Residence in Jersey City:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in Jersey City
Houses and condos Apartments
  • Utility gas (70.7%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20.2%)
  • Electricity (6.1%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2.3%)
  • Utility gas (58.2%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18.9%)
  • Electricity (16.9%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3.6%)
  • No fuel used (1.6%)
  • Other fuel (0.9%)



Private vs. public school enrollment:


Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5,964
Here:

20.7%
New Jersey:

13.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3,152
Here:

22.7%
New Jersey:

13.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4,894
Here:

36.4%
New Jersey:

30.1%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)


 

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