Hoboken

Population & Demographics

Hoboken, NJ

Hoboken is home to 58,668 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 34,044 resident workers commute each day.

New JerseyCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
58,668
people
Population

58,668 residents

Median age 31.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hoboken population & demographics

Who lives in Hoboken — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
58,668
Median age
31.9yrs
Median household income
$180,579
Median home value
$895,100
Median gross rent
$2,938/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
82.6%
Poverty rate
7.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Hoboken

How Hoboken breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White65.5%
Hispanic or Latino13.4%
Asian12.6%
Two or more races4.8%
Black3.2%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Hoboken

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Hoboken.

Hoboken at a glance
Employed Residents
34,044
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
36.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
New York
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Hoboken proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Hoboken commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

27 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Hoboken

34,044 commutes, one dot at a time

Hoboken

Where 34,044 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Hoboken, by worker count.

1New York6.6 mi17,255
2Hoboken0.0 mi2,830
3Jersey City2.3 mi1,983
4Newark8.0 mi806
5Secaucus3.3 mi367
6Hackensack9.9 mi220
7Paramus14.2 mi210
8Florham Park19.1 mi187

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Hoboken.

1Jersey City2.3 mi3,596
2New York6.6 mi3,219
3Hoboken0.0 mi2,830
4Union City1.6 mi869
5Bayonne7.0 mi634
6Newark8.0 mi503
7West New York3.1 mi481
8Fort Lee7.8 mi202

Top industries

The sectors that employ Hoboken’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services19.1%
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance12.3%
EDEducational Services10.3%
RTRetail Trade7.7%
INInformation6.7%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.7%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.9%
FIFinance and Insurance3.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Hoboken

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps94%
8 Gbps94%
See all internet providers in Hoboken

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).