Bergenfield vs Paramus

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

Bergenfield and Paramus 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 26,500 in Paramus). Paramus has the higher median household income ($139,707 vs $124,083 in Bergenfield). Paramus has the higher median home value ($736,000 vs $469,200 in Bergenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bergenfield	Paramus
Population	28,269	26,500
Median age	40.7 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,083	$139,707
Median home value	$469,200	$736,000
Median gross rent	$1,744	$2,845
Housing units	9,677	8,898
Homeownership rate	70.6%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bergenfield	Paramus
Population	27,373 → 28,269 (+3.3%)	26,503 → 26,500 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$96,335 → $124,083 (+28.8%)	$128,306 → $139,707 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$358,200 → $469,200 (+31.0%)	$600,200 → $736,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,744 (+22.8%)	$2,011 → $2,845 (+41.5%)

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

Paramus

Population

26,50326,500

Median household income

$128,306$139,707

Median home value

$600,200$736,000

Median gross rent

$2,011$2,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bergenfield	Paramus
Under 5	5.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.9%
75 and over	6.3%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bergenfield	Paramus
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	56.1%
Black or African American	8.4%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	26.4%	23.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bergenfield	Paramus
No high school diploma	7.1%	5.9%
High school graduate	23.9%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bergenfield	Paramus
Drove alone	71.0%	63.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.7%
Public transit	11.2%	7.8%
Walked	1.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.8%	21.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bergenfield	Paramus
1-unit, detached	69.9%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	6.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bergenfield	Paramus
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.99	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1955	1963