Bergenfield vs Hackensack

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

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

Hackensack has the higher population (45,768 vs 28,269 in Bergenfield). Bergenfield has the higher median household income ($124,083 vs $82,212 in Hackensack). Bergenfield has the higher median home value ($469,200 vs $370,300 in Hackensack).

Population, income & housing

	Bergenfield	Hackensack
Population	28,269	45,768
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$124,083	$82,212
Median home value	$469,200	$370,300
Median gross rent	$1,744	$1,794
Housing units	9,677	21,405
Homeownership rate	70.6%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bergenfield	Hackensack
Population	27,373 → 28,269 (+3.3%)	44,339 → 45,768 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$96,335 → $124,083 (+28.8%)	$70,090 → $82,212 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$358,200 → $469,200 (+31.0%)	$296,300 → $370,300 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,744 (+22.8%)	$1,440 → $1,794 (+24.6%)

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

Hackensack

Population

44,33945,768

Median household income

$70,090$82,212

Median home value

$296,300$370,300

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bergenfield	Hackensack
Under 5	5.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	19.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.0%
75 and over	6.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bergenfield	Hackensack
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	27.6%
Black or African American	8.4%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	26.4%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bergenfield	Hackensack
No high school diploma	7.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	23.9%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bergenfield	Hackensack
Drove alone	71.0%	60.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.1%
Public transit	11.2%	13.2%
Walked	1.5%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.8%	10.6%
Other means	1.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bergenfield	Hackensack
1-unit, detached	69.9%	22.8%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	12.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	49.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Bergenfield	Hackensack
Poverty rate	6.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.99	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1955	1967