Census Reporter

Bergen County, NJ

931,275 Population
232.8 square miles 4,000.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$52,800 ±$641 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$104,623 ±$1,603 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

6.4% ±0.3% (59,266  ±2,960) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

32.7 minutes ±0.3 (14,127,865  ±161,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

342,059 ±1,334 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.7 ±0 (920,591  ±682) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.5% ±0.3% (9,512  ±721) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

359,097 ±427 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$477,400 ±$3,331 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

8.9% ±0.4% (81,708  ±3,563.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

92.8% ±0.8% (610,882  ±5,548.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
50.7% ±0.6% (333,509  ±3,980.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

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

30.8% ±0.4% (286,648  ±3,614) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

3.8% ±0.1% (27,603  ±994) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
27,603 Total veterans ±994 26,183 Male ±987 1,420 Female ±292

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