Hoboken Information

The name "Hoboken" was decided upon by Colonel John Stevens when he purchased land, on a part of which the city still sits. It's believed that the Lenape (later called Delaware Indian) referred to the area as the “land of the tobacco pipe”, most likely to refer to the soapstone collected there to carve tobacco pipes, and used a phrase that became “Hopoghan Hackingh”. The city has also been cited as having been named after the Van Hoboken family of the 17th-century estate in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where there is still a square dedicated to them. Hoboken's unofficial nickname is now the "Mile Square City", but it actually covers an area of two square miles when including the under-water parts in the Hudson River. The term "hobo" (i.e., a railroad journeyman) is believed to have stemmed from the groups of hobos traveling by railroad from Hoboken. 

Population: 43,051
Population Density / Mile: 33,746
Median Age: 31.87
Number of Households: 21,712
Average Household Size: 1.92
Households with Children: 2,656
Median Household Income: $76,827
Median Years in Residence: 1.98
Annual Residential Turnover: 31.75
Median Dwelling Age: 53 

Annual Precipitation: 46.33
Average January Low Temperature: 22.7
Average January High Temperature: 36.4
Average July Low Temperature: 68
Average July High Temperature: 82.5 

HOBOKEN SCHOOLS: 

HOBOKEN CHARTER SCHOOL
SALVATORE R CALABRO PRIM SCHOOL 4
ELYSIAN CHARTER SCHOOL
THOMAS CONNORS PRIM SCHOOL 9
WALLACE PRIMARY SCHOOL 6
STEVENS COOPERATIVE SCHOOL
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL DAY SCHOOL
A J DEMAREST MIDDLE SCHOOL
HOBOKEN CATHOLIC ACADEMY
HOBOKEN HIGH SCHOOL
HUDSON SCHOOL
MUSTARD SEED SCHOOL 

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