West New York is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 49,708.

West New York is part of the New York metropolitan area and is at the heart of the North Hudson, New Jersey region. West New York is bordered on the north by Guttenberg, on the east by the Hudson River, on the south by Union City and Weehawken, and on the west by North Bergen.

West New York is one of North Hudson's communities atop the Hudson Palisades, and home to the highest point in the county. Its Hudson waterfront has been known as Bulls Ferry since pre-revolutionary times. Bergenline Avenue is its main commercial thoroughfare, while the wide two-way 60th Street is a major cross-town thoroughfare, and site of Town Hall. More than half of US Presidents have streets bearing their name in the town.

The town of West New York, NJ was populated mainly with European immigrants, mostly Italians and Germans.  Later, in the 1960s, there was a large influx of Cuban émigrés giving West New York the nickname a little Havana or Havana on the Hudson.  Since 1960, West New York has become a city with a very large Hispanic population.
West New York Real Estate
The West New York waterfront development has seen a residential construction boom with the growth and expansion of Ferry service to Manhattan.  Bulls Ferry and Jacobs Ferry were the first two waterfront townhouse communities along with The Landings a rental community.  Expansion developed further south to include Grandview I, Grandview II, Riverwalk and Riverbend.
In West New York many high rises were built in the 1970’s and 1980’s along Boulevard East such as The Versailles and City View  adding to the population of the town, giving it one of highest population densities in the country.  Since the 1980s the Hudson waterfront was redeveloped from an industrial to residential condos and rentals  as well as for recreational uses, including the Riverfront Walkway which extends all along the Hudson from Bergen to Hudson County.

West New York, along with Weehawken, Guttenberg and North Bergen is one of North Hudson's communities atop the Palisades, and home to the highest point in the county. Its Hudson waterfront has been known as Bulls Ferry since pre-revolutionary times. Bergenline Avenue is its main commercial thoroughfare, while the wide two-way 60th Street is a major cross-town thoroughfare, and site of Town Hall.  More than half of US Presidents have streets bearing their name in the town.

West New York NJ has a population of 46,553 as of  2009 or a population change since 2000: +1.7%
 

DEMOGRAPHICS

Males: 22,855	(49.1%)
Females: 23,698	(50.9%)

Median resident age:	34.0 years
New Jersey median age:	36.7 years

Zip codes: 07093.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $45,164 or a 50% increase from $31,980 in 2000.

West New York:	$45,164
New Jersey:	$68,342

Estimated per capita income in 2009: $25,054

West New York town income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $391,258 (it was $168,900 in 2000)

West New York:	$391,258
New Jersey:	$348,300

Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $373,156; Detached houses: $278,127; Townhouses or other attached units: $700,711; In 2-unit structures: $349,158; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $410,267; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $261,331; Mobile homes: $300,641

West New York has a median gross rent in 2009: $979.  However rents along the West New York Gold Coast are more than double that amount.
Single-family new house construction building permits:

• 1996: 0 buildings
• 1997: 13 buildings, average cost: $45,700
• 1998: 357 buildings, average cost: $37,400
• 1999: 32 buildings, average cost: $108,700
• 2000: 8 buildings, average cost: $41,900
• 2001: 0 buildings
• 2002: 0 buildings
• 2003: 0 buildings
• 2004: 1 building, cost: $163,600
• 2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $85,000
• 2006: 0 buildings
• 2007: 0 buildings
• 2008: 0 buildings
• 2009: 0 buildings
• 2010: 0 buildings