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Plenty to like here, at a price. Tenafly grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns, and ranks 46th of 466 in New Jersey. Health is its strong suit (A+). The trade-off is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.3 million, 13.3 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Only 43 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on the outdoors. Nearly four in five adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, above both the New Jersey town median (45%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). The town is more walkable than 97% of U.S. towns. The median household earns $208K.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · USGS PAD-US.
Where Tenafly beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Tenafly | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.9% | 14.3% |
19.5% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Tenafly is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Elizabeth Cady Stanton House is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 1,019 in 1880, 15,409 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1872 and 4 maps from 1897 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Tenafly. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw10 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw11 mi TheatreStudio 54Central 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 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Tenafly, 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 Tenafly.
Tenafly has schools in the top 5% of New Jersey, sends many workers across the state line and has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey.
At 13.3 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.32M) costs more against local pay than in 96% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Home values are up 11% over the year to September 2026. Tenafly’s rent at the middle of the market stands at $3,501 a month. A home in Tenafly typically sold within 56 days of listing.
| Tenafly | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A ranks #16 of the 465 New Jersey towns we grade for schools. Its A for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.32M.
The Tenafly Public School District runs its public schools. Three of its 12 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The 4 public schools in Tenafly teach 1,347 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenafly Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 916 | A+ |
| Tenafly High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,141 | A+ |
| Malcolm S Mackay SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 349 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
The biggest place to walk is Palisades Interstate Park, 181 acres with 2.8 miles of trail. There are 14 miles of trail across 3 parks and preserves. Tenafly’s density of trails comes in at 2.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Palisades Interstate Park | 2.8 mi | 181 |
| 2. Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary | 2.5 mi | 85 |
| 3. Roosevelt Common | 0.3 mi | 51 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 5.9% of its 10,863 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
Among adults in Tenafly, 5.6% smoke cigarettes. 13% of adults here have been diagnosed with depression; 21% have obesity.
| Tenafly | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Tenafly | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.9% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.7% | 11.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
32% of working residents cross a state line to work. The average commute for its 6,525 working residents takes 39.8 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Tenafly for work: only 5% work in town. In Tenafly, 30% of workers work from home. The top destinations are New York (36%), Englewood (3%) and Englewood Cliffs (2%). The town’s average commute is 40 minutes.
| Tenafly | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $208,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 40 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 30% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in three quarters of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 47 claims in Tenafly since 1979. 72% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 8%. Federal aid has come to Tenafly households in 12 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 24° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Tenafly's reported crime rate is well below New Jersey's. Its property crime rate stands at 4.7 per 1,000 residents. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2024.
| Tenafly | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 4.7 per 1,000 residents | 8.9 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
101 within 15 miles of the center of Tenafly
About 4 of every 100 Tenafly residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Where Tenafly’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
6 places in Tenafly on the National Register of Historic Places.
11 notable people were born in Tenafly.
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Tenafly ( ) 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 15,409, an increase of 921 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 14,488, which in turn reflected an increase of 682 (+4.9%) from the 13,806 counted in the 2000 census. Tenafly is a suburb of New York City. The borough has been one of the state's highest-income communities. Based on data from the American Community Survey for 2013–2017, Tenafly residents had a median household income of $153,381, ranked 13th in the state among municipalities with more than 10,000 residents, more than double the statewide median of $76,475. Tenafly was incorporated as a…
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5 towns share a border with Tenafly.
At #46 in NJ, it grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Englewood Cliffs (A) comes closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenafly | #46 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Bergenfield | #109 | A | D | A+ | B | A |
| Cresskill | #86 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Englewood | #374 | C− | D− | C+ | C− | A− |
| Alpine | — | — | D− | B+ | A+ | A+ |
| Englewood Cliffs | #53 | A | D− | B | A+ | A+ |
Alpine has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Tenafly and Cresskill report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Tenafly with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Tenafly grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #46 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
11 notable people were born here, including Adam Rothenberg and Rusty Hamer.
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