Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A city of 61,483, incorporated in 1843.
North Bergen Township's standout: it is among the most walkable places in the country. Overall it grades C−, ranked 375th of 466 in New Jersey. It has 7 miles of trail. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $574K, 5.8 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. North Bergen Township’s trail density is 1.2 miles per square mile, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 0.4. North Bergen Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 98% of U.S. towns. North Hudson Park, at 156 acres with 5.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where North Bergen Township beats most towns.
Coastal flooding makes up 12% 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 North Bergen Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 4%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,578 in 1850, a low of 3,032 in 1870, 63,361 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Bergen Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw3 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw3 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw3 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw3 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw6 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumCentral 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 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in North Bergen Township, 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 North Bergen Township.
North Bergen Township sends many workers across the state line, is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
North Bergen Township sits against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns on this measure. 6.8 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Hudson Park | 5.9 mi | 156 |
| 2. 46th Street Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
| 3. Guttenberg/North Bergen Waterfront Park | 0.1 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the North Bergen School District. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 1,193 | C− |
| North Bergen High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 2,328 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
North Bergen Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 25° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 13.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 55% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
22% of working residents cross a state line to work.
Most working residents leave North Bergen Township for work: only 10% work in town. The average trip to work in North Bergen Township is 33 minutes. Since 2013, North Bergen Township has added 2,213 jobs, to 18,942 in 2023.
| North Bergen Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $79,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 11% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
109 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 17 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 109 flood insurance claims have been paid out in North Bergen Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 87% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
North Bergen Township beats the New Jersey average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. 22% of North Bergen Township adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| North Bergen Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 22% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | North Bergen Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 18.4% | 22.2% |
| More uninsured adults | 22.1% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
42% of households own their home in North Bergen Township. The typical North Bergen Township home is worth about $574,000, up 1.7% in a year, close to the New Jersey typical home. North Bergen Township’s median rent is $1,781 a month.
| North Bergen Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 42% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,781 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 55% | 52% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
141 within 15 miles of the center of North Bergen Township
About 6 of every 100 North Bergen Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
12 notable people were born in North Bergen Township.
Township in Hudson County, New Jersey, US
North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 63,361, an increase of 2,588 (+4.3%) from the 2010 census count of 60,773, which in turn reflected an increase of 2,681 (+4.6%) from the 58,092 counted in the 2000 census. The township was incorporated in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by a series of secessions. Situated on the Hudson Palisades, it is one of the hilliest municipalities in the United States. Like neighboring North Hudson communities, North Bergen is among those places in the country with the highest population density.
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9 towns share a border with North Bergen Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Bergen Township | #375 | C− | D− | B | D | B− |
| Ridgefield | #196 | B+ | D− | A− | B− | A |
| Secaucus | #294 | B− | D− | C− | B | A+ |
| Fairview | #440 | D− | D | — | D− | C+ |
| Union City | #399 | C− | D | — | B− | C |
| Guttenberg | #385 | C− | D | B− | C− | B |
| West New York | #432 | D | D | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Carlstadt | #291 | B− | D | B | B− | A− |
Fairview and Union City report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare North Bergen Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
North Bergen Township grades C− overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #375 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B− for health, B for safety and D 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−.
North Bergen Township was incorporated in 1843. 12 notable people were born here, including John Owen Brennan and 070 Shake.
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