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Tenafly borough, Bergen County, NJ

15,252 Population
4.6 square miles 3,325.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Bergen County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$105,188 ±$12,457 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Bergen County: $62,986 ±$788
  • about double the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$208,088 ±$21,794 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Bergen County: $123,715 ±$2,159
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

3.7% ±2.2% (560  ±329) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Bergen County: 6.7% 63,408 (±0.3% / ±2,997)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

41.6 minutes ±6.3 (220,715  ±23,361) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Bergen County: 31.4 12,727,115 (±0.3 / ±186,932)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

5,222 ±180 Number of households
  • Bergen County: 353,307 ±1,254
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
2.9 ±0.1 (15,127  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Bergen County: 2.7 944,137 (±0 / ±255)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

1.6% ±1.8% (47  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Bergen County: 5% 10,706 (±0.4% / ±763)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

5,415 ±210 Number of housing units
  • Bergen County: 368,535 ±162
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$974,300 ±$54,959 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Bergen County: $593,200 ±$4,951
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

12.7% ±4.3% (1,928  ±656.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Bergen County: 9.1% 85,839 (±0.4% / ±3,519.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

98.7% ±7.3% (9,817  ±822.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Bergen County: 92.9% 630,189 (±0.9% / ±6,173.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
79.2% ±6.5% (7,876  ±720) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bergen County: 52.6% 356,861 (±0.6% / ±4,330.6)
  • nearly double the rate in New Jersey: 42.9% 2,771,686 (±0.2% / ±13,002.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

38.1% ±4.8% (5,813  ±730) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bergen County: 31.4% 300,087
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.1% ±1.1% (216  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Bergen County: 3.2% 24,300 (±0.2% / ±1,352)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
216 Total veterans ±115 216 Male ±115 N/A Female ±21

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