Bergen County, New Jersey

962,316 people. The median home is worth $623,000 (typical New Jersey town: $435,600) and the median household earns $124,884.

Towns in Bergen County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Hackensack	46,030	$393,700	$84,277	41.8
Teaneck	41,246	$546,100	$144,075	38.2
Fort Lee	40,191	$448,000	$107,274	46.6
Fair Lawn	34,927	$564,700	$144,574	39.1
Garfield	32,655	$475,500	$79,700	38.8
Englewood	29,308	$544,100	$102,571	41.5
Bergenfield	28,321	$491,500	$130,045	40.7
Paramus	26,698	$813,900	$144,349	49.1
Lodi	26,206	$475,000	$89,305	41.1
Ridgewood	25,979	$891,200	$208,211	41.6
Cliffside Park	25,693	$588,200	$93,452	41.3
Mahwah	25,487	$606,000	$131,327	48.9
Lyndhurst	22,519	$524,400	$111,711	40.8
Elmwood Park	21,422	$483,700	$101,740	39.9
Palisades Park	20,292	$719,600	$94,743	42.9
Rutherford	18,834	$603,600	$143,153	40.0
Dumont	17,863	$497,400	$126,071	41.2
New Milford	16,923	$580,400	$114,889	39.6
Wyckoff	16,585	$925,700	$203,988	46.1
North Arlington	16,457	$474,500	$94,201	40.1
Tenafly	15,409	$1,002,600	$208,200	42.2
Fairview	15,025	$511,400	$63,606	38.6
Ramsey	14,798	$697,300	$160,996	41.8
Edgewater	14,336	$715,700	$124,050	40.6
Saddle Brook	14,294	$503,400	$129,073	43.6
Ridgefield Park	13,224	$496,700	$100,718	39.6
Oakland	12,748	$591,300	$162,019	40.7
Glen Rock	12,133	$856,900	$215,096	39.7
Hasbrouck Heights	12,125	$552,900	$123,734	44.3
River Edge	12,049	$660,300	$159,028	43.6
Wallington	11,868	$528,300	$85,862	38.7
Ridgefield	11,501	$646,200	$118,059	39.8
Westwood	11,282	$606,400	$165,781	41.4
Franklin Lakes	11,079	$1,264,000	$235,795	46.3
Little Ferry	10,987	$429,300	$85,750	44.6
Hillsdale	10,143	$677,500	$186,688	42.7
Wood-Ridge	10,137	$566,200	$136,108	39.8
Maywood	10,080	$533,500	$117,912	44.9
Waldwick	10,058	$588,500	$177,962	40.5
East Rutherford	10,022	$458,100	$97,993	38.2
River Vale	9,909	$775,000	$213,666	44.6
Leonia	9,304	$672,900	$129,665	45.9
Washington	9,285	$664,000	$180,133	45.3
Cresskill	9,155	$811,400	$170,376	44.8
Park Ridge	8,883	$706,200	$171,029	47.0
Bogota	8,778	$501,600	$103,299	42.4
Closter	8,594	$871,300	$190,469	39.8
Montvale	8,436	$709,700	$178,269	40.1
Upper Saddle River	8,353	$1,108,700	$250,001	40.8
Oradell	8,244	$737,800	$221,322	43.4
Emerson	7,290	$645,200	$155,536	48.8
Midland Park	7,014	$607,200	$146,841	41.8
Allendale	6,848	$782,700	$160,162	45.2
Carlstadt	6,372	$595,400	$115,444	44.7
Woodcliff Lake	6,128	$946,400	$213,981	45.4
Old Tappan	5,888	$951,300	$205,385	44.4
Rochelle Park	5,814	$498,500	$110,380	46.5
Norwood	5,641	$709,100	$178,311	48.2
Englewood Cliffs	5,342	$1,401,600	$230,611	49.8
Demarest	4,981	$1,114,600	$208,036	46.1
Northvale	4,761	$592,400	$127,625	44.3
Harrington Park	4,741	$776,900	$180,500	46.9
Ho-Ho-Kus	4,258	$1,092,500	$250,001	41.4
Saddle River	3,372	$2,000,001	$212,143	52.8
Haworth	3,343	$845,300	$236,765	43.7
Moonachie	3,133	$445,800	$90,260	39.9
South Hackensack	2,701	$546,500	$84,527	37.8

People and housing

	Bergen County	Typical New Jersey town
Median home value	$623,000	$435,600
Median rent	$1,914	$1,774
Median household income	$124,884	$111,891
Median age	42.0	42.7
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.1%	44.1%
Below the poverty line	6.8%	5.7%

Jobs and pay

438,240 jobs in 2024, average pay $80,639 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 1,028 storm events in Bergen County from 1996 to 2026, with 13 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Bergen County has been included in 32 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
September 5, 2021	Hurricane	DR-4614: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida
September 2, 2021	Hurricane	EM-3573: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida
December 11, 2020	Hurricane	DR-4574: Tropical Storm Isaias
March 25, 2020	Biological	DR-4488: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3451: Covid-19
June 8, 2018	Severe Storm	DR-4368: Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).