Bergenfield vs Garfield

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

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

Garfield has the higher population (32,502 vs 28,269 in Bergenfield). Bergenfield has the higher median household income ($124,083 vs $75,701 in Garfield). Bergenfield has the higher median home value ($469,200 vs $454,300 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bergenfield	Garfield
Population	28,269	32,502
Median age	40.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$124,083	$75,701
Median home value	$469,200	$454,300
Median gross rent	$1,744	$1,612
Housing units	9,677	12,234
Homeownership rate	70.6%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bergenfield	Garfield
Population	27,373 → 28,269 (+3.3%)	31,645 → 32,502 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$96,335 → $124,083 (+28.8%)	$62,939 → $75,701 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$358,200 → $469,200 (+31.0%)	$338,400 → $454,300 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,744 (+22.8%)	$1,326 → $1,612 (+21.6%)

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

Garfield

Population

31,64532,502

Median household income

$62,939$75,701

Median home value

$338,400$454,300

Median gross rent

$1,326$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bergenfield	Garfield
Under 5	5.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.0%
75 and over	6.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bergenfield	Garfield
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	44.4%
Black or African American	8.4%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	26.4%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	45.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bergenfield	Garfield
No high school diploma	7.1%	15.6%
High school graduate	23.9%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bergenfield	Garfield
Drove alone	71.0%	68.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.8%
Public transit	11.2%	6.8%
Walked	1.5%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.8%	6.8%
Other means	1.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bergenfield	Garfield
1-unit, detached	69.9%	21.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	58.4%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.2%
20 or more units	6.7%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Bergenfield	Garfield
Poverty rate	6.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.99	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1955	1954