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Palus Hook

Data-driven profile of Palus Hook, Jersey City. 3,592 properties, median sale $1.0M. Updated 2026.

3,592Properties
$1.0MMedian Sale (2023-26)
$1.3MAvg Assessment
1986Avg Year Built
$1209Price/SqFt (2025)
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$1.0M
Median Sale Price
+50%
Price/SqFt since 2015
$808 → $1209
1,275
Sales since 2020
66.0%
Assessment-to-Sale Ratio
Sell 34% above assessed
$31,605
Avg Annual Tax
2.40%
Effective Tax Rate
Price per Square Foot Trend

Price / SqFt by Year

+50% over 11 years

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

$808
2015
$935
2016
$953
2017
$897
2018
$937
2019
$1038
2020
$1000
2021
$1041
2022
$1024
2023
$1110
2024
$1209
2025
Height = price per sqft (max = $1209 in 2025)

Price/SqFt vs General Inflation

+14% real gain

Both indexed to 100 in 2015. Property prices grew 1.4× faster than CPI.

100 150 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 150 136
Price/sqft (+50%) US CPI inflation (+36%)
Show full sale data table
YearSalesAvg PricePrice/SqFt
201594$893,229$808
201696$915,889$935
2017109$1.0M$953
201888$1.1M$897
201991$980,779$937
2020242$1.1M$1038
2021281$1.1M$1000
2022246$1.1M$1041
2023136$1.1M$1024
2024160$1.1M$1110
2025161$1.2M$1209
202627$1.2M$1007
20281$881,000$1136
Property Composition

Property Class Mix

Vacant Land
1,796 (50.0%)
Residential
1,646 (45.8%)
Commercial
131 (3.6%)
Apartment
18 (0.5%)
Industrial
1 (0.0%)

Condo vs Non-Condo

2,000 condos (56%)
1,592 non-condo (44%)
Building Stock

Building Age Distribution

1900-19
273 (8%)
1920-39
31 (1%)
1940-59
1 (0%)
1960-79
2 (0%)
1980-99
40 (1%)
2000-19
1,013 (28%)
2020+
806 (22%)
Pre-1900
204 (6%)
Unknown
1,222 (34%)

Size Distribution

<1,000 sqft
1,686 (47%)
1-2K sqft
1,507 (42%)
2-3K sqft
90 (3%)
3-5K sqft
74 (2%)
5K+ sqft
11 (0%)
Top Streets

Top Streets by Property Count

StreetPropertiesAvg AssessmentAvg SaleSales (2020+)
Hudson St 1,882 $1.2M $1.6M 758
Greene St 357 $1.4M $984,945 100
Essex St 255 $476,438 $776,420 88
Warren St 234 $1.5M $887,170 71
Washington St 194 $1.5M $1.2M 60
Grand St 171 $865,352 $889,080 43
Dudley St 139 $1.3M $978,204 52
Sussex St 124 $1.2M $1.1M 41
Morris St 106 $1.4M $866,645 25
Montgomery St 51 $2.7M $1.3M 12

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