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Jersey City, NJ
New Jersey · Hudson County · New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro
Jersey City is a large city in New Jersey with a population of 289,691. Residents earn $94,813 per year, which is 26% above the national average.
3.4
/5.0
B
Good
289,691
Population
19,640/sq mi density
$94,813
Median Income
$57,746 per capita
$534,500
Home Value
$653,810 Zillow
$1,902
Median Rent
27.0% income on rent
55°F
Avg Temperature
276 sunny days/yr
523
Violent Crime/100K
1,904 property/100K
B
Overall
3.4 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A
Economy
4.2 / 5.0
$94,813 median income, 4.1% unemployment
B
Affordability
3.5 / 5.0
$534,500 home value, $1,902/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
523 violent crimes/100K (38% above avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
53.1% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
19
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
9
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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UFO Sightings Near Jersey City, NJ
19 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Jersey City, NJ.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Liberty state park, NJ | 2013 | Looks like a condor but cross black shape first thought it was a bird or a drone but it was gliding and can hover like an eagle very qu |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2012 | Orange lights in sky above New jersey |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2011 | Very fast green hazy fireball over jersey city NJ |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2010 | I saw an erratic flying object with a red blinking light. It was traveling west to east in the northern sky. It flew straight for a sho |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2010 | A light appeared and shot across a small portion of the sky over the statue of liberty in an arc and then disappeared. |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2008 | ufo jersey city blurr became 3 energy/light orbs which lapped & toyed with 747 jet |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2008 | slow flying round shaped object with many lights flying at night in Jersey City,NJ |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2007 | Bright white diamond shaped object in the sky within the atmosphere standing motionless. |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2007 | Worm shaped object seen by at least 6 adults from Jersey City back yards |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2003 | I WAS DRIVING MY CAR WHEN I LOOKED UP AT A STRANGE LIGHT AND OBJECT IN THE SKY. BY THE TIME I GOT TO PULL OVER TO GET A BETTER LOOK, IT |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2003 | Strange Upright Cylinder crosses over New York City before disappearing behind the clouds. |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2002 | Single white orb appeared out of nowhere, hovering for a moment before shooting out of sight. |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2002 | Copper sphere sighted over Jersey City . Sphere maintains consistent altitude. |
| Port liberte, NJ | 2002 | At 3:20 am I noticed a few lights flashing and as it got closer it was like a rapid flashing of the light starting with dim lights then |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2001 | I noticed a bright light(3) from my window-it was moving in a not as fast as a typical plane(prop).It was huge because I wair -7.oo con |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2000 | My roomates and I were enjoying a late night barbeque in our backyard when a all three of us obsereved a large orange sphere moving qui |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2000 | Unknown out of atmosphere object observed while star gazing. |
| Jersey city, NJ | 2000 | Silver spheres that appeared then quickly disappeared... |
| Jersey city, NJ | 1980 | Blimp shaped object with extremely bright lights hovered then rapidly dashed into the night's sky. |