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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Jersey City area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Union City city (north 1) (43.9%). This table ranks 181 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Union City city (north 1)43.9%
2West New York town (north-northwest 2)41.8%
3Jersey City city (south-southwest 1)38.2%
4Union City city (north-northeast 3)35%
5Jersey City city (south-southwest 10)34.4%
6Jersey City city (south-southeast 2)34%
7Jersey City city (south-southwest 4)33.2%
8Unincorporated (north-northwest 2)33.2%
9Jersey City city (southwest 10)33.1%
10Unincorporated (southwest 2)31.9%
11Jersey City city (southwest 2)31.7%
12Jersey City city (west-northwest 1)31.5%
13Union City city (south 1)31.2%
14Union City city (west)29.2%
15Jersey City city (southwest 11)29%
16Union City city (south 2)27.9%
17West New York town (west-northwest)27.8%
18West New York town (northeast 1)27.6%
19Jersey City city (north-northwest 2)26.5%
20Bayonne city (south 1)25.9%
21Unincorporated (north 3)25.9%
22Union City city (south 4)25.4%
23Jersey City city (south-southwest 5)25.3%
24Jersey City city (southwest 9)25.3%
25East Newark borough25.2%
26Jersey City city (south-southwest 9)24.3%
27Jersey City city (west 1)24.3%
28Jersey City city (north-northeast 4)23.9%
29Jersey City city (north-northwest 1)23.4%
30Jersey City city (north 8)23.3%
31Unincorporated (south-southwest 1)22.8%
32Unincorporated (south-southwest 2)22.6%
33West New York town (south)22.3%
34Union City city (north-northeast 2)21.6%
35Union City city (north-northwest)21.3%
36Jersey City city (east 7)21%
37West New York town (north-northwest 1)20.8%
38Union City city (south-southwest 1)20.6%
39Jersey City city (southwest 3)20.3%
40Jersey City city (west-northwest 2)20.3%
41Jersey City city (north-northeast 3)20.1%
42Bayonne city (south-southwest 1)19.8%
43Jersey City city (northeast 2)19.5%
44Kearny town (south-southeast)19.5%
45Union City city (southwest)19.1%
46Jersey City city (west-southwest 1)18.8%
47Jersey City city (southwest 1)18.4%
48Kearny town (south-southwest 2)18.4%
49Jersey City city (east-northeast 2)18.3%
50Jersey City city (north 5)18.3%
51Harrison town (east-southeast)18.2%
52Bayonne city (northeast)18.1%
53Bayonne city (west-northwest)18.1%
54Bayonne city (north-northeast 2)18%
55Bayonne city (south-southwest 3)18%
56West New York town (southwest)18%
57Jersey City city (north-northeast 2)17.9%
58Jersey City city (northwest 3)17.9%
59Guttenberg town (west-northwest 2)17.8%
60Bayonne city (east-northeast 2)17.7%
61Bayonne city (west-southwest)17.5%
62Kearny town (southwest 1)17.5%
63Union City city (northeast)16.9%
64Bayonne city (east-northeast 1)16.8%
65Harrison town (west)16.8%
66Jersey City city (north 1)16.7%
67Jersey City city (east-northeast 4)16.4%
68West New York town (west-southwest 1)16.4%
69Jersey City city (west 2)16.3%
70Union City city (south-southeast)16.2%
71Guttenberg town (east-southeast 1)15.9%
72Harrison town (north-northeast)15.7%
73Harrison town (north-northwest)15.7%
74Jersey City city (northwest 2)15.7%
75Hoboken city (south 1)15.6%
76Jersey City city (northwest 1)15.6%
77Union City city (south-southwest 2)15.4%
78West New York town (northeast 2)15.4%
79Hoboken city (north)15.2%
80Jersey City city (east 4)15.2%
81Jersey City city (north-northeast 7)15.1%
82Jersey City city (southwest 5)15.1%
83Jersey City city (north 7)14.9%
84Hoboken city (north-northeast 2)14.7%
85Jersey City city (south-southwest 2)14.7%
86Kearny town (east-southeast)14.6%
87Guttenberg town (west-northwest 1)14.5%
88Jersey City city (south-southwest 6)14.4%
89Union City city (south-southwest 3)14.2%
90Hoboken city (southwest)14.1%
91Bayonne city (west)14%
92Union City city (north-northeast 1)14%
93Bayonne city (south-southwest 2)13.9%
94Jersey City city (north 6)13.9%
95Kearny town (southwest 2)13.9%
96Secaucus town (north-northeast 1)13.8%
97West New York town (west-southwest 2)13.8%
98Jersey City city (north 9)13.4%
99Jersey City city (south-southeast 1)13.3%
100Jersey City city (north 3)13.2%
101Bayonne city (east-southeast)13.1%
102Jersey City city (north 10)13%
103Jersey City city (west-southwest 3)12.9%
104Bayonne city (southwest)12.8%
105Union City city (south 3)12.8%
106Union City city (north-northeast 4)12.6%
107Jersey City city (south 2)12.5%
108Jersey City city (north 11)12.3%
109Jersey City city (southwest 6)12.3%
110Jersey City city (south-southwest 8)12.1%
111Unincorporated (north-northwest 1)11.9%
112Unincorporated (north-northeast 2)11.8%
113Bayonne city (north)11.6%
114Kearny town (south-southwest 1)11.6%
115Jersey City city (south-southwest 3)11.5%
116Jersey City city (southwest 7)11.5%
117Jersey City city (north-northeast 1)11.3%
118Jersey City city (south-southwest 7)11.3%
119Unincorporated (south-southeast 1)11.1%
120Bayonne city (north-northeast 1)10.7%
121Jersey City city (north 4)10.7%
122Jersey City city (northeast 1)10.4%
123Jersey City city (southwest 8)10.4%
124Unincorporated (northeast 2)10.2%
125Jersey City city (south 1)10.1%
126West New York town (southeast)10%
127Kearny town (north 1)9.8%
128Jersey City city (west-southwest 2)9.5%
129Hoboken city (south-southwest 2)9.2%
130Union City city (north 2)9.1%
131Unincorporated (north 2)9%
132Jersey City city (southwest 4)8.8%
133Kearny town (west)8.7%
134Jersey City city (east 1)8.4%
135Unincorporated (southwest 1)8.3%
136Bayonne city (northwest)8.2%
137Jersey City city (east-northeast 3)8.2%
138Jersey City city (north 2)7.9%
139Unincorporated (south-southeast 3)7.8%
140Hoboken city (east)7.7%
141Bayonne city (south 2)7.4%
142Unincorporated (south)7.1%
143Bayonne city (north-northwest)6.9%
144Jersey City city (east 6)6.6%
145Hoboken city (south 2)6.5%
146Hoboken city (west-southwest)6.5%
147Jersey City city (north-northeast 6)6.1%
148Unincorporated (north-northeast 3)6.1%
149Hoboken city (northwest 2)5.9%
150Unincorporated (north-northeast 1)5.6%
151Harrison town (south-southwest)5.5%
152Jersey City city (east-northeast 5)5.3%
153Hoboken city (north-northeast 3)5.2%
154Jersey City city (northeast 3)5.2%
155Kearny town (northwest)5.1%
156Jersey City city (northeast 4)5%
157Kearny town (north 2)4.7%
158Secaucus town (north-northeast 2)4.7%
159Hoboken city (south-southeast)4.4%
160Kearny town (north-northeast)4.2%
161Jersey City city (east 8)4.1%
162Hoboken city (northwest 1)3.9%
163Jersey City city (east-southeast)3.8%
164Guttenberg town (east-southeast 2)3.4%
165Jersey City city (east-northeast 1)3.4%
166Unincorporated (north 1)3.4%
167West New York town (east)3.4%
168Secaucus town (south-southwest 2)3.1%
169Jersey City city (east 2)3%
170Jersey City city (east 3)2.9%
171Jersey City city (south 3)2.5%
172Jersey City city (east-northeast 6)2.3%
173Hoboken city (east-southeast)2.1%
174Jersey City city (north-northeast 5)2.1%
175Secaucus town (south-southwest 1)2.1%
176Jersey City city (east 5)2%
177Hoboken city (north-northwest)1.7%
178Unincorporated (northeast 1)1.4%
179Hoboken city (north-northeast 1)1.3%
180Unincorporated (south-southeast 2)1.2%
181Hoboken city (south-southwest 1)0.7%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.