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Bernardsville borough, Somerset County, NJ

7,871 Population
12.8 square miles 613.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±4.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Somerset County: 41.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$106,981 ±$16,879 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $70,321 ±$1,383
  • about double the amount in New Jersey: $53,118 ±$241
$231,006 ±$32,449 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Somerset County: $135,960 ±$2,875
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $101,050 ±$527

1% ±0.7% (81  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Somerset County: 5.5% 18,851 (±0.5% / ±1,849)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.8% 889,287 (±0.2% / ±14,517)

27.5 minutes ±4 (88,135  ±17,800) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Somerset County: 31.5 4,580,205 (±0.4 / ±100,261)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Jersey: 30.9 119,274,790 (±0.1 / ±657,334)

Families

2,653 ±228 Number of households
  • Somerset County: 129,459 ±472
  • New Jersey: 3,478,355 ±4,714
3 ±0.3 (7,864  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Somerset County: 2.6 342,244 (±0 / ±69)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,093,435

3.4% ±2.8% (55  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Somerset County: 5.4% † 4,226 (±0.7% / ±540)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,472 (±0.1% / ±3,004)

Housing

2,787 ±252 Number of housing units
  • Somerset County: 132,831 ±90
  • New Jersey: 3,775,842 ±525

$737,600 ±$49,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Somerset County: $523,900 ±$8,197
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Jersey: $427,600 ±$1,335

10.7% ±6.8% (838  ±531.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 9.4% 32,186 (±0.7% / ±2,451.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.9% 911,070 (±0.1% / ±12,354.8)

Social

93.1% ±8.2% (5,150  ±512.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Somerset County: 93.9% 229,383 (±1.4% / ±3,382.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,858,484 (±0.3% / ±19,546.8)
69.5% ±7% (3,842  ±424.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Somerset County: 57.4% 140,175 (±1% / ±2,453.2)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

16% ±5.8% (1,259  ±453) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 27.5% 95,159
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 23.5% 2,181,755

2.2% ±1.1% (128  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Somerset County: 3.5% 9,498 (±0.3% / ±674)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 4% 285,835 (±0.1% / ±4,508)
128 Total veterans ±63 128 Male ±63 N/A Female ±19

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