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City in New Jersey

Jersey City, NJ

Hudson County

City in New Jersey, United States.

Population
302,824 (2024)
Density
20,533 / sq mi
Land area
14.7 sq mi
Water area
6.3 sq mi
Elevation
30 ft
Founded
1609
Coordinates
40.7114, -74.0648

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Photos of Jersey City

  • Liberty Park HBLR platform jeh

    Jim.henderson · Public domain

  • Garfield HBLR jeh

    Jim.henderson · Public domain

  • Lincoln HS JC jeh

    Jim.henderson · Public domain

  • LibertyScienceCenter

    Bernadette Marciniak · CC BY-SA 2.0

  • Governors Island aerial

    Arturoramos · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Patrick RCC Ocean jeh

    Jim.henderson · CC0

  • Lib St Park HBLR jeh

    Jim.henderson · CC0

  • JCMC fr hblr Liberty Park jeh

    Jim.henderson · CC0

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Climate

July average high
87°F
January average low
26°F
Annual rainfall
46.6 in
Annual snowfall
31.5 in
  1. 40° 26° Jan 3.4"
  2. 43° 27° Feb 3.0"
  3. 51° 34° Mar 4.1"
  4. 63° 44° Apr 3.9"
  5. 73° 54° May 4.0"
  6. 82° 64° Jun 4.3"
  7. 87° 69° Jul 4.7"
  8. 85° 68° Aug 4.2"
  9. 78° 61° Sep 3.8"
  10. 66° 49° Oct 3.8"
  11. 55° 39° Nov 3.3"
  12. 45° 31° Dec 4.1"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Newark Liberty Intl Ap (9 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Jersey City ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$94,813
Median rent
$1,902 / mo
Median home value
$534,500
Median age
34.7
Unemployment
5.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher
53.1%
Poverty rate
15.6%
Renter-occupied homes
71.2%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
52
Students enrolled
32,965
Students per teacher
13.2 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
55.9%
Charter schools
19.2%
School districts serving the city
12

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Districts: Jersey City Public Schools, Hudson County Schools Of Technology School District, Jersey City Community Charter School, Jersey City Golden Door Charter School, The Learning Community Charter School

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
26.6%
No leisure-time physical activity
27.5%
Adults with diabetes
11.3%
Adults who smoke
10.3%
Frequent mental distress
14.2%
Sleeping under 7 hours
39.9%
Adults without health insurance
11.8%
Routine checkup in past year
77.3%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
99.8%
Share of city that is parkland
11.5%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
14.3
Median air quality index (county)
41
Unhealthy air days (county)
3

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
92.0%
Households with no internet
6.5%
Average commute
36.9 min
Work from home
21.6%
Commute by transit
37.1%
Commute on foot
5.5%
Commute by bike
0.8%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Hudson County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 4 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Heat wave: relatively high
  • Riverine flooding: relatively high
  • Strong wind: relatively high
  • Earthquake: relatively moderate

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 07302
  • 07304
  • 07305
  • 07306
  • 07307
  • 07310
  • 07311