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Disaster risk in Jersey City

Jersey City ranks T#63 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 53 — Fun. That puts it in the 54th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in New Jersey.

resilience score
53
Fun
National rank
T#63 of 134
In New Jersey
#1 of 2
Percentile
54th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Jersey City sits 3 points above the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Jersey City

  1. #61 Hilton Head Island, SC 55
  2. #62 Nashville, TN 54
  3. T#63 Jersey City, NJ — this page 53
  4. #65 Anchorage, AK 52
  5. #66 Savannah, GA 51

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Jersey City

Jersey City scores 43 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: