Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Little Ferry's standout: few places in the country are easier to get around without a car. Overall it grades C+, ranked 333rd of 466 in New Jersey. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 82% of the country. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with coastal flooding at the top. Little Ferry's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 97% of U.S. towns. 46% of households own their home in Little Ferry, against 77% in New Jersey’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Only 47 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score lower on the outdoors.
Where Little Ferry beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Coastal flooding makes up 50% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Little Ferry is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 3%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 58 in 1880, 10,987 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1937 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Little Ferry. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw7 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw6 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw6 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumCentral Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Little Ferry, 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 Little Ferry.
Little Ferry sends many workers across the state line and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New Jersey (mostly coastal flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $775 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on. 1,192 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 239 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1979, 1,192 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Little Ferry. Only 6 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a higher FEMA risk score than Little Ferry.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Each of its 4 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its C, Moonachie highest at B+.
Its public schools are run by the Little Ferry Public School District. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 469 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 57% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
14% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Little Ferry. Little Ferry beats the New Jersey average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Little Ferry.
| Little Ferry | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Little Ferry | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.2% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 18.9% | 22.2% |
| More adults lacking emotional support | 28.4% | 24% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
23% of working residents cross a state line to work.
Most working residents leave Little Ferry for work: only 4% work in town. 6.1% of Little Ferry workers work from home. Jobs based in Little Ferry grew to 3,330 in 2023, 259 more than in 2013.
| Little Ferry | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.1% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Little Ferry has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 48% of residents (40% statewide); children under 18 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). Little Ferry’s median age is 44.6 years. 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Little Ferry | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.6 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 45% | 29% |
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.2 points). Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Little Ferry | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.2% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.3% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.2% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.6% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.3% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.1% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The typical Little Ferry home is worth about $598,000, up 5.1% in a year, close to the New Jersey typical home. The median rent in Little Ferry is $1,783 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
127 within 15 miles of the center of Little Ferry
About 7 of every 100 Little Ferry residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Little Ferry’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Little Ferry 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 10,987, an increase of 361 (+3.4%) from the 2010 census count of 10,626, which in turn reflected a decline of 174 (−1.6%) from the 10,800 counted in the 2000 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
4 towns share a border with Little Ferry.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Ferry | #333 | C+ | D | — | C | A− |
| Moonachie | #170 | A− | C | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| South Hackensack Township | #377 | C− | D− | D | B+ | B |
| Ridgefield | #196 | B+ | D− | A− | B− | A |
| Ridgefield Park | #274 | B− | D | B+ | B− | B+ |
Little Ferry reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Little Ferry with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Little Ferry grades C+ overall, better than 39% of U.S. towns and #333 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A− for health and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. That is 6 years of the area's median household income ($99,155 across the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
2 notable people were born here, including Pete Michels and Margherita Marchione.
_-_Full_(48124330357).jpg){kind=link}
_-_Central_Park,_NYC.jpg){kind=link}
