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

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

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Hoboken: 129.8 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (breakdown): (5.6% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 34.0% for Black residents, 30.1% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 100.0% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 10.8% for other race residents, 21.6% for two or more races residents)

Hoboken was originally an island, surrounded by the Hudson River on the east and tidal lands at the foot of the New Jersey Palisades on the west. It was a seasonal campsite in the territory of the Hackensack, a phratry of the Lenni Lenape, who used the serpentine rock found there to carve pipes.