Humidity & wind
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Population
302,013
US Census estimate, July 2025
Median home value
$566,900
Owner-occupied units
Jersey City, NJ
New Jersey · 40.711° N, 74.065° W · 15 sq mi
Jersey City is a city in New Jersey, with a population of 302,013 and about 20,478 residents per square mile. The median household earns $97,710 a year, and the median home is worth $566,900.
Conditions
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Local time
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Size & density
Land area
15 sq mi
Water excluded
Population density
20,478
People per square mile
Rank by population
#71
Of cities on this site
Rank by area
#746
Of cities on this site
Money & housing
Median household income
$97,710
US median ≈ $78,538
Median gross rent
$2,007
Per month
Homeownership
27.9%
US ≈ 65%
Average commute
36.8 min
One way
People
Median age
34.7
US median 39.1
Bachelor's degree +
54.8%
Age 25 and over
Foreign born
41.7%
Households
125,223
2.33 people each
What people here do for work
Professional & business services 20.2%
Education & health care 19.7%
Finance, insurance & real estate 14.8%
Retail trade 7.9%
Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024
Wealthiest person in New Jersey
Name
John Overdeck
Forbes, Apr 2025
Net worth
$7.4B
As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live
Lives in
Millburn
Source of wealth
Hedge funds
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
Largest employer in New Jersey · private sector
Employer
RWJBarnabas Health
Sector
Healthcare
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.
Largest public company in New Jersey
Company
Johnson & Johnson
Revenue
$88.8B
Fiscal year 2024
Headquarters
New Brunswick
Ticker
JNJ
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
State of New Jersey
State bird
Eastern Goldfinch
State flower
Common Violet
State capital
Trenton
Nickname
The Garden State
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Cities near Jersey City
- Hoboken, NJ3 mi · 59,027
- Bayonne, NJ4 mi · 74,744
- Union City, NJ4 mi · 66,656
- Newark, NJ6 mi · 323,808
- West New York, NJ6 mi · 53,192
- New York, NY7 mi · 8,584,629
- Elizabeth, NJ7 mi · 141,675
- East Orange, NJ9 mi · 72,159
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