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Van Vorst Park

Data-driven profile of Van Vorst Park, Jersey City. 2,221 properties, median sale $729,000. Updated 2026.

2,221Properties
$729,000Median Sale (2023-26)
$1.1MAvg Assessment
1904Avg Year Built
$717Price/SqFt (2025)
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$729,000
Median Sale Price
+19%
Price/SqFt since 2015
$603 → $717
686
Sales since 2020
85.7%
Assessment-to-Sale Ratio
Sell 14% above assessed
$22,763
Avg Annual Tax
2.16%
Effective Tax Rate
Price per Square Foot Trend

Price / SqFt by Year

+19% over 11 years

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

$603
2015
$665
2016
$707
2017
$704
2018
$640
2019
$643
2020
$666
2021
$1162
2022
$811
2023
$771
2024
$717
2025
Height = price per sqft (max = $1162 in 2022)

Price/SqFt vs General Inflation

+-17% real gain

Both indexed to 100 in 2015. Property prices grew 0.5× faster than CPI.

100 150 200 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 119 136
Price/sqft (+19%) US CPI inflation (+36%)
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YearSalesAvg PricePrice/SqFt
201568$635,489$603
201659$572,571$665
201770$804,955$707
201880$818,694$704
201970$843,920$640
202091$888,768$643
2021154$845,302$666
2022111$1.0M$1162
202395$921,731$811
2024101$1.0M$771
202592$997,755$717
202614$1.1M$759
Property Composition

Property Class Mix

Residential
1,788 (80.5%)
Commercial
199 (9.0%)
Vacant Land
189 (8.5%)
Apartment
38 (1.7%)
Industrial
7 (0.3%)

Condo vs Non-Condo

1,058 condos (48%)
1,163 non-condo (52%)
Building Stock

Building Age Distribution

1900-19
348 (16%)
1920-39
33 (1%)
1940-59
1 (0%)
1960-79
29 (1%)
1980-99
87 (4%)
2000-19
286 (13%)
2020+
37 (2%)
Pre-1900
1,154 (52%)
Unknown
246 (11%)

Size Distribution

<1,000 sqft
915 (41%)
1-2K sqft
501 (23%)
2-3K sqft
288 (13%)
3-5K sqft
134 (6%)
5K+ sqft
19 (1%)
Top Streets

Top Streets by Property Count

StreetPropertiesAvg AssessmentAvg SaleSales (2020+)
Wayne St 398 $740,575 $683,223 120
Columbus Dr 216 $1.3M $3.1M 58
York St 210 $863,103 $913,532 62
Bright St 200 $950,282 $739,397 56
Montgomery St 168 $1.3M $878,401 49
Varick St 153 $797,130 $801,631 59
Mercer St 145 $1.2M $1.1M 38
Jersey Ave 136 $976,437 $732,498 52
Barrow St 133 $665,752 $622,950 32
Newark Ave 103 $1.1M $825,904 35

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Recent Sales

2024–2026

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$55.0M
353-81 Montgomery St
55-unit · Built 1900
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$55.0M
352-364 Montgomery St
Built 1980
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$12.5M
115 Columbus Dr
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$3.3M
137 Mercer St
1-unit · Built 1880 · 3,160 sqft
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$3.2M
101 Mercer St
1-unit · Built 1853 · 3,617 sqft
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$3.0M
237 Montgomery St
2-unit · Built 1883 · 3,436 sqft
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$3.0M
268 Barrow St
4-unit · Built 1852 · 2,382 sqft
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$3.0M
293 York St
2-unit · Built 1901 · 5,072 sqft
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$2.9M
313 Varick St
1-unit · Built 1900 · 2,388 sqft
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$2.7M
336 York St
2-unit · Built 1877 · 2,578 sqft
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$2.6M
309 Varick St
1-unit · Built 1915 · 3,200 sqft
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$2.6M
278 Grand St
2-unit · New construction 2024 · 2,700 sqft
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$2.5M
87 Bright St
Condo · New construction 2024 · 2,600 sqft
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$2.5M
97 Mercer St
1-unit · Built 1900 · 2,857 sqft
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$2.5M
297 Grove St
2-unit · Built 1874
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$2.5M
295 Grove St
1-unit · Built 1869
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$2.5M
45 Mercer Street
1-unit · Built 1890 · 2,520 sqft
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$2.4M
119 Wayne St
4-unit · Built 1880 · 3,344 sqft
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$2.4M
338 Montgomery St
1-unit
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$2.3M
301 York St
2-unit · Built 1905 · 2,744 sqft
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