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For most people who can afford it, yes. Bergenfield grades A overall, ranked 109th of 466 in New Jersey. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 98% of U.S. towns. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 95% of U.S. towns and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 89% of the country. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $648K, 6.5 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Bergenfield has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them South Schraalenburgh Church and South Church Manse. Bergenfield’s median household income is $130,000, above both New Jersey’s towns ($113,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000).
Where Bergenfield beats most towns.
Where Bergenfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Bergenfield is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 9%), so the A overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 729 in 1900, 28,321 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 4 maps from 1897 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bergenfield. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw10 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumCentral Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bergenfield, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Bergenfield.
Bergenfield sends many workers across the state line, reports less crime than Dumont or any other graded neighbor and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey.
Its A+ tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Dumont (A) comes closest. Reported crimes fell from 105 to 61 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Bergenfield is 1.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Bergenfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Its public schools are run by the Bergenfield Borough School District. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy W. Brown Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 761 | B− |
| Bergenfield High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,239 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
3.2 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Bergenfield’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Bergenfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.7% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cooper Park | — | 11 |
| 2. Hickory Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 54% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 4,540 U.S. towns with household incomes like Bergenfield’s, it is healthier than 69%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
13% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Bergenfield. Bergenfield beats the New Jersey average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 25% of adults have obesity in Bergenfield.
| Bergenfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bergenfield | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer smokers | 8.5% | 10.9% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
22% of working residents cross a state line to work. Bergenfield has 3,898 jobs for its 14,253 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Bergenfield for work: only 5% work in town. 8.8% of Bergenfield workers work from home. Jobs based in Bergenfield grew to 3,898 in 2023, 317 more than in 2013.
| Bergenfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8.8% | 17% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Bergenfield has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Typical home values rose 5.4% in the year to September 2026.
| Bergenfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,752 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 71% | 77% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New Jersey average. 48% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Bergenfield | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 48% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 18% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.6 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Bergenfield | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.1% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.6% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.8% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.3% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.1% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.5% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 34% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.4% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 96 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bergenfield.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
105 within 15 miles of the center of Bergenfield
About 7 of every 100 Bergenfield residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
4 places in Bergenfield on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Bergenfield.
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Bergenfield is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 28,321, an increase of 1,557 (+5.8%) from the 2010 census count of 26,764, which in turn reflected an increase of 517 (+2.0%) from the 26,247 counted in the 2000 census. New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Bergenfield as its 211th best place to live in its 2010 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey. The magazine ranked Bergenfield as its 231st best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live". NeighborhoodScout named Bergenfield as the safest municipality in the nation in 2012 with more than 25,000 residents and in both…
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5 towns share a border with Bergenfield.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergenfield | #109 | A | D | A+ | B | A |
| New Milford | #67 | A | D | A | A− | A |
| Tenafly | #46 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Teaneck Township | #201 | B+ | D | B+ | C+ | A |
| Dumont | #35 | A+ | D | A | A− | A |
| Cresskill | #86 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
Tenafly and Cresskill report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bergenfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Bergenfield grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #109 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, A+ for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
5 notable people were born here, including Jack Antonoff and Floyd James Thompson.
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