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Jersey City vs West New York

Jersey City, NJ compared with West New York, NJ · 6 miles apart

Jersey City has 302,013 residents to West New York’s 53,192. Jersey City comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, bachelor's degree +. West New York does better on median rent, average commute.

Jersey City, NJ West New York, NJ
Population 302,013 53,192
Density (per sq mi) 20,478 53,567
Median household income $97,710 $71,729
Median home value $566,900 $465,600
Median rent $2,007 $1,716
Homeownership 27.9% 23%
Average commute 36.8 min 34.5 min
Median age 34.7 37.2
Bachelor's degree + 54.8% 33.5%
Poverty rate 15.6% 19.4%
Unemployment 5.5% 8.4%
Price to income 5.8× 6.5×
Clear days a year 22
Days above 90°F 15

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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