Jersey City, NJ Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $1,338.

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Jersey City: 123.6 (high, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: Ancestries: Italian (2.9%), Egyptian (2.8%), Irish (1.7%), American (1.7%), Polish (1.2%), Guyanese (1.1%).

Elevation: 83 feet

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $66,264 (it was $37,862 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $38,348 (it was $19,410 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $379,900 (it was $137,900 in 2000) Jersey City:$379,900NJ:$334,900

Races:
      Hispanic - 79,822 - 29.5%
      Asian alone - 71,313 - 26.3%
      Black alone - 60,005 - 22.2%
      White alone - 51,554 - 19.0%
      Two or more races - 6,393 - 2.4%
      Other race alone - 1,054 - 0.4%
      American Indian alone - 609 - 0.2%

Scattered communities of farmsteads characterized the Dutch settlements at Pavonia: Communipaw, Harsimus, Paulus Hook, Hoebuck, Awiehaken, and other lands "behind Kill van Kull". The first village (located inside a palisaded garrison) established on what is now Bergen Square in 1660, and is considered to be the oldest town in what would become the state of New Jersey.