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Greenville

Data-driven profile of Greenville, Jersey City. 11,493 properties, median sale $550,000. Updated 2026.

11,493Properties
$550,000Median Sale (2023-26)
$560,924Avg Assessment
1949Avg Year Built
$350Price/SqFt (2025)
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History & Character

Greenville occupies the southern third of Jersey City, stretching from the Hackensack River marshes to the Upper New York Bay. Originally an independent town until its 1873 annexation by Jersey City, Greenville developed as a working-class residential area with strong ties to the nearby rail yards and industrial waterfront. The neighborhood has one of the most diverse housing stocks in the city — from pre-war row houses and detached singles near Danforth Avenue to the gated townhomes of Society Hill and the luxury waterfront enclave of Port Liberte. Greenville remains one of Jersey City's most affordable areas, with median sale prices well below the city average, making it a focus for buyers priced out of Downtown and the Heights. New development is concentrated along the Bayfront, where large-scale mixed-use projects are reshaping the waterfront.

1873Town of Greenville annexed by Jersey City
1990Port Liberte opens as gated waterfront enclave
2010sSociety Hill and Country Village attract new buyers
2020sBayfront redevelopment transforms the waterfront
Sub-Neighborhoods

9 Distinct Sub-Markets

11,493 properties total

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$550,000
Median Sale Price
+93%
Price/SqFt since 2015
$181 → $350
2,446
Sales since 2020
70.5%
Assessment-to-Sale Ratio
Sell 30% above assessed
$9,928
Avg Annual Tax
1.77%
Effective Tax Rate
Price per Square Foot Trend

Price / SqFt by Year

+93% over 11 years

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

$181
2015
$170
2016
$224
2017
$214
2018
$235
2019
$279
2020
$283
2021
$318
2022
$314
2023
$329
2024
$350
2025
Height = price per sqft (max = $350 in 2025)

Price/SqFt vs General Inflation

+58% real gain

Both indexed to 100 in 2015. Property prices grew 2.6× faster than CPI.

100 150 200 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 193 136
Price/sqft (+93%) US CPI inflation (+36%)
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YearSalesAvg PricePrice/SqFt
2015180$304,931$181
2016280$312,516$170
2017314$361,819$224
2018374$390,136$214
2019352$420,566$235
2020311$439,172$279
2021430$503,367$283
2022367$535,227$318
2023329$535,584$314
2024344$577,109$329
2025373$581,759$350
202676$544,513$313
Property Composition

Property Class Mix

Residential
9,727 (84.6%)
Vacant Land
825 (7.2%)
Commercial
598 (5.2%)
Apartment
241 (2.1%)
Industrial
78 (0.7%)
Railroad
24 (0.2%)

Condo vs Non-Condo

929 condos (8%)
10,564 non-condo (92%)
Building Stock

Building Age Distribution

1900-19
1,897 (17%)
1920-39
2,814 (24%)
1940-59
396 (3%)
1960-79
1,309 (11%)
1980-99
1,686 (15%)
2000-19
1,545 (13%)
2020+
92 (1%)
Pre-1900
607 (5%)
Unknown
1,147 (10%)

Size Distribution

<1,000 sqft
794 (7%)
1-2K sqft
5,143 (45%)
2-3K sqft
3,188 (28%)
3-5K sqft
874 (8%)
5K+ sqft
60 (1%)
Top Streets

Top Streets by Property Count

StreetPropertiesAvg AssessmentAvg SaleSales (2020+)
Kennedy Blvd 312 $1.5M $789,204 69
Armstrong Ave 291 $330,892 $402,679 80
Fulton Ave 282 $344,005 $391,962 52
Van Nostrand Ave 277 $352,080 $543,264 53
Woodlawn Ave 269 $331,110 $403,003 47
Danforth Ave 258 $514,505 $467,161 45
Cator Ave 241 $298,431 $381,424 55
Pearsall Ave 239 $297,225 $385,251 60
Garfield Ave 238 $655,672 $427,608 38
Stevens Ave 234 $381,016 $864,335 42

Recent Sales

2024–2026

Real transactions from Hudson County records. Click any property to look it up.

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$21.3M
20 Carbon Pl
Vacant Land
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$16.3M
1825 Kennedy Blvd
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$15.9M
145 Ocean Ave
99-unit · Built 1966
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$14.1M
212-222 Culver Ave
Vacant Land
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$12.3M
259 Van Nostrand Ave
67-unit · Built 1959
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$5.8M
26 University Place Blvd
199-unit · Built 2021
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$5.2M
83 University Place Blvd
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$5.2M
1 Romar Ave
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$4.7M
168-172 Ocean Avenue
11-unit · Built 1900
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$4.7M
174-176 Ocean Avenue
12-unit
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$4.3M
23 University Place Blvd
164-unit · Built 2018
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$4.2M
27-41 Ocean Ave
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$2.8M
1 Mallory Ave
44-unit · New construction 2025
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$2.8M
352 West Side Ave
6-unit · Built 1925
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$2.5M
152 Stevens Ave
3-unit · 7,110 sqft
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$2.5M
1568 Kennedy Blvd
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$2.1M
103 EShearwater Ct
363-unit · Built 1988 · 2,950 sqft
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$1.9M
1670 Kennedy Blvd
2-unit · Built 1885
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$1.9M
1668 Kennedy Blvd
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$1.6M
141 Fulton Ave
6-unit
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