Bergenfield vs Cliffside Park

A side-by-side comparison of Bergenfield and Cliffside Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Bergenfield and Cliffside Park are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bergenfield has the higher population (28,269 vs 25,580 in Cliffside Park). Bergenfield has the higher median household income ($124,083 vs $94,960 in Cliffside Park). Cliffside Park has the higher median home value ($577,200 vs $469,200 in Bergenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bergenfield	Cliffside Park
Population	28,269	25,580
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$124,083	$94,960
Median home value	$469,200	$577,200
Median gross rent	$1,744	$1,783
Housing units	9,677	11,223
Homeownership rate	70.6%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bergenfield	Cliffside Park
Population	27,373 → 28,269 (+3.3%)	25,126 → 25,580 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$96,335 → $124,083 (+28.8%)	$72,633 → $94,960 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$358,200 → $469,200 (+31.0%)	$447,900 → $577,200 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,744 (+22.8%)	$1,468 → $1,783 (+21.5%)

Bergenfield

Population

27,37328,269

Median household income

$96,335$124,083

Median home value

$358,200$469,200

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,744

Cliffside Park

Population

25,12625,580

Median household income

$72,633$94,960

Median home value

$447,900$577,200

Median gross rent

$1,468$1,783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bergenfield	Cliffside Park
Under 5	5.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.4%
75 and over	6.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bergenfield	Cliffside Park
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	45.0%
Black or African American	8.4%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	26.4%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	32.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bergenfield	Cliffside Park
No high school diploma	7.1%	14.2%
High school graduate	23.9%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bergenfield	Cliffside Park
Drove alone	71.0%	46.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.4%
Public transit	11.2%	17.6%
Walked	1.5%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	17.6%
Other means	1.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bergenfield	Cliffside Park
1-unit, detached	69.9%	17.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	27.6%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	14.1%
20 or more units	6.7%	29.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bergenfield	Cliffside Park
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.99	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1955	1970