Best PlacesHoboken, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hoboken, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hoboken ranks 100th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Hoboken
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Hoboken's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hoboken ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 99% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 99% of cities
- TransitBetter than 99% of cities
- BikingBetter than 99% of cities
Where Hoboken ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Short commute36.9 minutes each way, better than only 3% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,520 a month, better than only 13% of cities
- School gradeC, better than only 22% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Hoboken
A household needs to earn about $244,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hoboken home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $182,884, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Hoboken's effective rate of 1.18%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hoboken
Hoboken runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hoboken.
Who works in Hoboken, and how
Work in Hoboken centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 18%
- Work from home 36%
- Transit, walk, or bike 46%
Life in Hoboken
Hoboken has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of cities and more parkland per resident than 76% of cities. The coast is about 18 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Hoboken and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Hoboken, month by month
Hoboken sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 44° |
| July | 88° | 78° | 70° |
| October | 69° | 60° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Hoboken
Newark Liberty International sits about 8 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 23.5 million passengers in 2025, with 242 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Hoboken
Schools across Hoboken average a C, better than 22% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Joseph F Brandt Elementary SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Hoboken Dual Language Charter SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Elysian Charter School Of HobokenB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Academy IA− · 55% proficient
- Hoboken Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
- Emerson Middle SchoolD · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Dr Ronald Mcnair High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Hoboken High SchoolD · 22% proficient
- Union City High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hoboken school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hoboken measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Hoboken against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Hoboken suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 78% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 36% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Hoboken
Is Hoboken a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hoboken ranks 100th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on population health, walkability, and big-city access, and lowest on state finances and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hoboken expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $888,139. The overall cost of living runs about 62% above the national average. Set against a $182,884 median income, cost of living beats 78% of cities.
Is Hoboken safe?
Hoboken is safer than 25% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $269 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Hoboken?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 43 with lows near 28. That works out to about 76 pleasant days a year, more than 38% of cities.
Is Hoboken good for families?
Schools beat 22% of cities, crime safety beats 25%, and childcare runs $1,520 a month.
Compare Hoboken with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hoboken. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hoboken represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Hoboken detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hoboken: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hoboken: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hoboken: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hoboken: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hoboken detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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