Welcome to the land of the 1%. Where you’ll find lawyers, and doctors, and business executives. And while they aren’t made of ticky-tacky, they are definitely made of money.
These are the wealthiest neighborhoods that Jersey City has to offer. Where houses go for over 3.97x the national median and household incomes are 3.33x the national median.
But where exactly in Jersey City do the richest of the rich people live? That would be Liberty Park where the median income is a cool $182,926.
Here’s a look at the top 10 wealthiest neighborhoods in Jersey City out of 11 for 2024.
The Richest Neighborhoods In Jersey City For 2024
What’s the richest neighborhood to live in Jersey City for 2024? According to the most recent census data, Liberty Park looks to be the richest Jersey City neighborhood to live in.
Summing up the median income of those 10 neighborhoods adds up to $964,807. And that, my friend, is more 0s than most of us will see in our bank account for a long, long time — if we ever get that lucky.
Find where your neighborhood ranks amongst the richest in Jersey City.
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Richst Neighborhoods In Jersey City For 2024 By Median Income
| Rank | Neighborhood | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberty Park | $182,926 |
| 2 | The Waterfront | $172,200 |
| 3 | Downtown | $133,134 |
| 4 | Lincoln Park | $77,231 |
| 5 | The Heights | $71,342 |
| 6 | West Side | $67,422 |
| 7 | Hackensack Riverfront | $66,774 |
| 8 | Mcginley Square | $65,850 |
| 9 | Journal Square | $64,553 |
| 10 | Greenville | $63,375 |
| 11 | Bergen-Lafayette | $46,054 |
How We Determined The Wealthiest Neighborhoods In Jersey City For 2024
Every city has its best neighborhoods — where everyone wants to live — and the worst neighborhoods — where no one wants to live. And then you have the wealthiest neighborhoods, where no one can afford to live.
And by no one, we mean you because there’s always someone richer than you.
How do you quantify richer than you? We looked at one simple criterion:
Which neighborhoods have the highest median income?
Using Saturday Night Science, we researched income data from the Census and BLS for every neighborhood in Jersey City.
We ranked every neighborhood in Jersey City by median income from highest to lowest. The neighborhood with the highest median income, Liberty Park, was named the wealthiest neighborhood in Jersey City.
The richest neighborhoods in Jersey City are Liberty Park, The Waterfront, Downtown, Lincoln Park, The Heights, West Side, Hackensack Riverfront, McGinley Square, Journal Square, and Greenville.
The poorest neighborhood? That would be Bergen-Lafayette.
The poorest neighborhoods in Jersey City are Bergen-Lafayette, Greenville, Journal Square, McGinley Square, and Hackensack Riverfront.
We updated this article for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the most affluent neighborhoods to live in Jersey City.
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