Hackensack, NJ vs Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Side-by-side comparison of housing, income, commute, safety, and quality of life.

Score Snapshot

No universal winner

Scores summarize the published model. Use the objective metric differences below and your own priorities to choose.

Hackensack

70.1

#1135 nationally

Palm Beach Gardens

66.7

#1512 nationally

Palm Beach Gardens leads in crime level (3.4 vs 6.8). Palm Beach Gardens leads in median household income ($106,544 vs $79,133). Palm Beach Gardens leads in average commute (24.3 min vs 29.1 min).

Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Metric	Hackensack, NJ	Palm Beach Gardens, FL
WhereAtHome Score	70.1 (#1135)	66.7 (#1512)
Population	45,736	61,146
Typical Home Value (ZHVI)	$473,422	$693,873
Median Household Income	$79,133	$106,544
Average Commute	29.1 min	24.3 min
Walk Score	73	N/A
Crime Level	6.8	3.4
School Rating	N/A	N/A
Cost of Living Index	126	136
Political lean County 2024 presidential margin — context only, not scored	D+3.4	D+0.8

Data coverage note: Palm Beach Gardens is missing data for 1 metric that Hackensack has. Scores with less coverage are penalized — see our methodology.