Hoboken, NJ Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (male): 27,529

Median Age: 32.1 years

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $2,129.

Ancestries: Ancestries: Italian (17.5%), Irish (12.0%), German (5.1%), English (2.6%), American (2.5%), Polish (2.3%).

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $104,248 (it was $62,550 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $77,663 (it was $43,195 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $578,535 (it was $249,300 in 2000) Hoboken:$578,535NJ:$334,900

The name "Hoboken" was chosen by Colonel John Stevens when he bought land, on a part of which the city still sits. The Lenape (later called Delaware Indian) tribe of Native Americans referred to the area as the "land of the tobacco pipe", most likely to refer to the soapstone collected there to carve tobacco pipes, and used a phrase that became "Hopoghan Hackingh". Like Weehawken, its neighbor to the north, Communipaw and Harsimus to the south, Hoboken had many variations in the folks-tongue. Hoebuck, old Dutch for high bluff and likely referring to Castle Point (the district of the city highest above sea level), was used during the colonial era and later spelled as Hobuck, Hobock, Hobuk and Hoboocken. However, in the nineteenth century, the name was changed to Hoboken, influenced by Flemish Dutch immigrants and a folk etymology had emerged linking the town of Hoboken to the similarly-named Hoboken district of Antwerp.