Jersey City, New Jersey

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is New York (NY). It lies just southeast of Jersey City and has a population of 8,008,278 people.^<1>

The next largest community is Hempstead (NY). It is located about 24 miles [38 km] to the east of Jersey City and has a population of 755,924 people.

Other large communities in the area:

	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Stamford (CT)	NE	37 mi [59.5 km]	119,303	1.9% increase
	Stamford (CT)	NE	36 mi [57.9 km]	119,303	1.9% increase
	Elizabeth	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	124,755	3.47% increase
	Newark	W	5 mi [8.05 km]	278,980	1.99% increase
	Paterson	N	14 mi [22.53 km]	145,643	2.4% decrease
	Trenton	SW	49 mi [78.9 km]	82,883	2.95% decrease
	Babylon (NY)	E	37 mi [59.5 km]	219,761	3.76% increase
	Greenburgh (NY)	NE	25 mi [40.23 km]	89,840	3.55% increase
	Huntington (NY)	E	37 mi [59.5 km]	201,594	3.23% increase
	Islip (NY)	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	336,292	4.24% increase
	North Hempstead (NY)	E	21 mi [33.8 km]	226,457	1.73% increase
	Oyster Bay (NY)	E	29 mi [46.67 km]	301,474	2.57% increase
	Ramapo (NY)	N	29 mi [46.67 km]	115,096	5.68% increase
	Smithtown (NY)	E	45 mi [72.4 km]	121,162	4.71% increase
	Yonkers (NY)	NE	19 mi [30.58 km]	201,588	2.81% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bayonne	SW	3 mi [4.83 km]	57,448	7.11% decrease
	Harrison	NW	5 mi [8.05 km]	15,201	5.39% increase
	Hoboken	NE	2 mi [3.22 km]	40,577	5.18% increase
	Kearny	NW	3 mi [4.83 km]	36,746	9.3% decrease
	Secaucus	N	4 mi [6.44 km]	15,372	3.51% decrease
	Union City	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	62,183	7.31% decrease
	Weehawken	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Battery Park City (NY)	E	2 mi [3.22 km]	---
	East Village (NY)	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Greenwich Village (NY)	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Knickerbocker Village (NY)	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Peter Cooper Village (NY)	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	Stuyvesant Town (NY)	E	4 mi [6.44 km]	---
	University Village (NY)	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	---
	Washington Square Village (NY)	E	3 mi [4.83 km]	---

Hudson County

Jersey City is located in Hudson County and is the county seat.

Below are counties that are near Jersey City (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Jersey City:

	County	Direction	Nearest Community	Distance From Jersey City
	Fairfield County (CT)	NE	Byram (CT)	29 miles [46 km]
	Bergen County	N	Kingsland	6 miles [9 km]
	Essex County	W	Oak Island Junction	4 miles [6 km]
	Hunterdon County	W	Pottersville	34 miles [54 km]
	Mercer County	SW	Twin Rivers	38 miles [61 km]
	Middlesex County	SW	Chrome	12 miles [19 km]
	Monmouth County	S	Fort Hancock	17 miles [27 km]
	Morris County	W	Afton	17 miles [27 km]
	Passaic County	NW	Delawanna	9 miles [14 km]
	Somerset County	W	Union Village	20 miles [32 km]

The Commemorative Quarter for New Jersey<3>

Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Jersey City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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