With 46,057 people, Hackensack is a city in New Jersey. The foreign-born share is 43%. 37% of homes are owner-occupied. There are 10,990 people per square mile. 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Households here earn about 19% less than in New Jersey as a whole.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $84,277, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.8
US median: 38.9
More educated
42% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 31%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Hackensack
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$448,573 → $393,700(−12%)US over the same years: +67%
White share57.4% → 26.0%(−31.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share14.9% → 37.2%(+22.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Hackensack's population equals 4.8% of Bergen County's. Its number of households without a car equals 10% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 8.5% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.5%(186)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.1%(162)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.9%(280)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.6%(76)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.5%(25)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,005 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Hackensack, decade by decade
Hackensack population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
37,049
$93,545
$448,573
25.7%
73.6
2000
42,677
$89,837
$300,755
29.1%
88.9
2010
43,010
$82,971
$521,338
34.0%
90.5
2020
46,030
$86,151
$371,732
39.4%
89.2
2024
46,057
$84,277
$393,700
42.1%
92.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
