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Mill Creek

Data-driven profile of Mill Creek, Jersey City. 156 properties, median sale $940,000. Updated 2026.

156Properties
$940,000Median Sale (2023-26)
$1.4MAvg Assessment
1982Avg Year Built
$402Price/SqFt (2025)
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$940,000
Median Sale Price
+207%
Price/SqFt since 2015
$131 → $402
10
Sales since 2020
138.5%
Assessment-to-Sale Ratio
Sell 39% below assessed
$14,300
Avg Annual Tax
1.01%
Effective Tax Rate
Price per Square Foot Trend

Price / SqFt by Year

+207% over 6 years

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

$131
2015
$172
2016
$249
2017
$225
2018
N/A
2019
N/A
2020
$317
2021
N/A
2022
N/A
2023
N/A
2024
$402
2025
Height = price per sqft (max = $402 in 2025)

Price/SqFt vs General Inflation

+171% real gain

Both indexed to 100 in 2015. Property prices grew 5.8× faster than CPI.

100 150 200 250 300 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 307 136
Price/sqft (+207%) US CPI inflation (+36%)
Show full sale data table
YearSalesAvg PricePrice/SqFt
20153$291,666$131
20164$568,375$172
20173$460,000$249
20184$615,875$225
20191$350,000$167
20201$570,000$389
20215$610,000$317
20241$126,000$51
20253$996,666$402
Property Composition

Property Class Mix

Residential
130 (83.3%)
Vacant Land
22 (14.1%)
Railroad
3 (1.9%)
Commercial
1 (0.6%)

Condo vs Non-Condo

0 condos (0%)
156 non-condo (100%)
Building Stock

Building Age Distribution

1940-59
1 (1%)
1980-99
133 (85%)
2020+
1 (1%)
Unknown
21 (13%)

Size Distribution

1-2K sqft
18 (12%)
2-3K sqft
61 (39%)
3-5K sqft
52 (33%)
5K+ sqft
1 (1%)
Top Streets

Top Streets by Property Count

StreetPropertiesAvg AssessmentAvg SaleSales (2020+)
Wayne St 61 $495,365 $374,740 6
Mercer Loop 46 $702,817 $455,916 1
Chopin Ct 24 $551,345 $345,312 2

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