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Data-driven profile of Lafayette, Jersey City. 1,516 properties, median sale $712,800. Updated 2026.

1,516Properties
$712,800Median Sale (2023-26)
$749,549Avg Assessment
1932Avg Year Built
$443Price/SqFt (2025)
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$712,800
Median Sale Price
+201%
Price/SqFt since 2015
$147 → $443
329
Sales since 2020
77.7%
Assessment-to-Sale Ratio
Sell 22% above assessed
$14,432
Avg Annual Tax
1.93%
Effective Tax Rate
Price per Square Foot Trend

Price / SqFt by Year

+201% over 11 years

Price per sqft normalizes for building size and filters out portfolio-sale outliers.

$147
2015
$286
2016
$263
2017
$324
2018
$297
2019
$381
2020
$414
2021
$526
2022
$629
2023
$489
2024
$443
2025
Height = price per sqft (max = $629 in 2023)

Price/SqFt vs General Inflation

+166% real gain

Both indexed to 100 in 2015. Property prices grew 5.7× faster than CPI.

100 150 200 250 300 350 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 301 136
Price/sqft (+201%) US CPI inflation (+36%)
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YearSalesAvg PricePrice/SqFt
201521$307,816$147
201647$403,348$286
201734$385,680$263
201828$419,746$324
201929$513,345$297
202029$588,263$381
202137$611,711$414
202250$641,653$526
202337$853,743$629
202458$804,070$489
202577$695,652$443
202614$580,255$412
Property Composition

Property Class Mix

Residential
1,076 (71.0%)
Vacant Land
281 (18.5%)
Commercial
92 (6.1%)
Apartment
47 (3.1%)
Industrial
15 (1.0%)
Railroad
5 (0.3%)

Condo vs Non-Condo

384 condos (25%)
1,132 non-condo (75%)
Building Stock

Building Age Distribution

1900-19
409 (27%)
1920-39
51 (3%)
1940-59
3 (0%)
1960-79
2 (0%)
1980-99
190 (13%)
2000-19
159 (10%)
2020+
50 (3%)
Pre-1900
393 (26%)
Unknown
259 (17%)

Size Distribution

<1,000 sqft
200 (13%)
1-2K sqft
504 (33%)
2-3K sqft
365 (24%)
3-5K sqft
75 (5%)
5K+ sqft
7 (0%)
Top Streets

Top Streets by Property Count

StreetPropertiesAvg AssessmentAvg SaleSales (2020+)
Communipaw Ave 301 $660,796 $585,762 77
Whiton St 157 $456,671 $487,036 34
Halladay St 150 $392,476 $579,726 41
Van Horne St 150 $576,346 $596,417 42
Pacific Ave 138 $610,243 $594,307 35
Pine St 101 $406,387 $483,668 17
Monitor St 66 $644,409 $887,090 16
Woodward St 63 $316,549 $382,685 7
Lafayette St 52 $1.5M $2.2M 13
Johnston Ave 34 $3.9M $1.0M 1

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2024–2026

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$9.3M
424 Whiton St
30-unit · Built 2018
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$6.7M
327 Communipaw Ave
16-unit · New construction 2024 · 3,572 sqft
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$2.1M
176 Halladay Street
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$1.9M
333 Communipaw Ave
2-unit · Built 1927 · 3,224 sqft
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$1.8M
219 Pacific Ave
6-unit · Built 1910 · 5,032 sqft
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$1.7M
370 Pacific Ave
3-unit
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$1.6M
233 Whiton St
1-unit · Built 1895 · 3,106 sqft
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$1.4M
232 Van Horne St
6-unit · Built 1895 · 5,892 sqft
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$1.4M
251 Halladay St
3-unit · Built 1890 · 3,600 sqft
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$1.4M
330 Whiton St
2-unit · Built 1915 · 2,000 sqft
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$1.3M
446 Pacific Ave
2-unit · Built 1888 · 1,863 sqft
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$1.3M
260 Suydam Ave
1-unit · Built 1885 · 2,183 sqft
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$1.2M
253 Halladay St
3-unit · Built 1902 · 2,580 sqft
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$1.2M
118 Van Horne St
3-unit · Built 1888 · 2,112 sqft
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$1.1M
445-7 Pacific Ave
2-unit · Built 1993 · 2,464 sqft
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$1.1M
9 Monitor St
Condo · New construction 2025 · 2,049 sqft
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$1.0M
425-7 Pacific Ave
2-unit · Built 1993 · 2,464 sqft
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$1.0M
413-5 Pacific Ave
2-unit · Built 1993 · 2,464 sqft
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$999,999
149 Lafayette St
2-unit · Built 2009 · 2,266 sqft
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$999,999
18 Manning Ave
2-unit · Built 2009 · 2,288 sqft
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