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

Population (total): Population in 2017: 55,131 (100% urban, 0% rural).

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)

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

Elevation: 5 feet

Land Area: 1.28 square miles.

Zip Codes: 07030, 07086

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

Races:
      White alone - 38,915 - 70.8%
      Hispanic - 8,443 - 15.4%
      Asian alone - 5,051 - 9.2%
      Two or more races - 1,344 - 2.4%
      Black alone - 909 - 1.7%
      Native Hawaiian and Other
>Pacific Islander alone - 21 - 0.04%
      Other race alone - 19 - 0.03%
      American Indian alone - 7 - 0.01%

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.