Dumont vs Tenafly

A side-by-side comparison of Dumont and Tenafly: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dumont has the higher population (18,072 vs 15,252 in Tenafly). Tenafly has the higher median household income ($208,088 vs $125,585 in Dumont). Tenafly has the higher median home value ($974,300 vs $469,900 in Dumont).

Population, income & housing

	Dumont	Tenafly
Population	18,072	15,252
Median age	42.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$125,585	$208,088
Median home value	$469,900	$974,300
Median gross rent	$1,778	$3,143
Housing units	6,781	5,415
Homeownership rate	72.2%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumont	Tenafly
Population	17,624 → 18,072 (+2.5%)	14,632 → 15,252 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$100,219 → $125,585 (+25.3%)	$172,926 → $208,088 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $469,900 (+24.9%)	$829,600 → $974,300 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,306 → $1,778 (+36.1%)	$2,271 → $3,143 (+38.4%)

Dumont

Population

17,62418,072

Median household income

$100,219$125,585

Median home value

$376,100$469,900

Median gross rent

$1,306$1,778

Tenafly

Population

14,63215,252

Median household income

$172,926$208,088

Median home value

$829,600$974,300

Median gross rent

$2,271$3,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumont	Tenafly
Under 5	5.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	28.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.6%	4.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	16.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	17.1%
55 to 64	20.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	6.8%
75 and over	7.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumont	Tenafly
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	58.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	20.9%	31.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumont	Tenafly
No high school diploma	4.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	24.4%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	42.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumont	Tenafly
Drove alone	70.6%	56.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.9%
Public transit	7.7%	13.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	23.7%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumont	Tenafly
1-unit, detached	70.1%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.1%
20 or more units	11.1%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Dumont	Tenafly
Poverty rate	6.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.78	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	33	42
Median year structure built	1952	1957