Hackensack

Population & Demographics

Hackensack, NJ

Hackensack is home to 46,057 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 24,272 resident workers commute each day.

New JerseyCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
46,057
people
Population

46,057 residents

Median age 41.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hackensack population & demographics

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

Population
46,057
Median age
41.8yrs
Median household income
$84,277
Median home value
$393,700
Median gross rent
$1,911/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
42.1%
Poverty rate
12.1%

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 Hackensack

How Hackensack 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).

Hispanic or Latino37.2%
White26.0%
Black18.1%
Asian13.8%
Two or more races3.9%
Some other race1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Hackensack

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 Hackensack.

Hackensack at a glance
Employed Residents
24,272
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
11.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
New York
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Hackensack 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 Hackensack 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

46 / 100

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

Hackensack

24,272 commutes, one dot at a time

Hackensack

Where 24,272 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1New York14.2 mi4,988
2Hackensack0.0 mi2,842
3Paramus4.3 mi1,063
4Englewood3.7 mi503
5Jersey City11.5 mi479
6Newark12.8 mi390
7Paterson6.3 mi389
8Secaucus7.0 mi357

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Hackensack.

1Hackensack0.0 mi2,842
2Paterson6.3 mi1,674
3New York14.2 mi1,650
4Clifton5.7 mi855
5Jersey City11.5 mi839
6Newark12.8 mi737
7Lodi2.0 mi657
8Passaic4.7 mi591

Top industries

The sectors that employ Hackensack’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%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance43.9%
PAPublic Administration7.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.0%
RTRetail Trade6.5%
COConstruction6.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services4.4%
EDEducational Services3.2%
WSWholesale Trade2.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Hackensack

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

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

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).