Edgewater vs Tenafly

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

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

Tenafly has the higher population (15,252 vs 14,544 in Edgewater). Tenafly has the higher median household income ($208,088 vs $137,847 in Edgewater). Tenafly has the higher median home value ($974,300 vs $723,400 in Edgewater).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Tenafly
Population	14,544	15,252
Median age	39.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$137,847	$208,088
Median home value	$723,400	$974,300
Median gross rent	$2,645	$3,143
Housing units	7,601	5,415
Homeownership rate	41.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.0%	79.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Tenafly
Population	12,403 → 14,544 (+17.3%)	14,632 → 15,252 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$127,221 → $137,847 (+8.4%)	$172,926 → $208,088 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$600,600 → $723,400 (+20.4%)	$829,600 → $974,300 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,506 → $2,645 (+5.5%)	$2,271 → $3,143 (+38.4%)

Edgewater

Population

12,40314,544

Median household income

$127,221$137,847

Median home value

$600,600$723,400

Median gross rent

$2,506$2,645

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)

	Edgewater	Tenafly
Under 5	5.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	9.3%	28.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	21.3%	4.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	16.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	17.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.8%
75 and over	5.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Tenafly
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	58.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	42.1%	31.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Tenafly
No high school diploma	2.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	9.7%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.2%	42.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Tenafly
Drove alone	35.2%	56.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.9%
Public transit	29.7%	13.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	23.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Tenafly
1-unit, detached	3.8%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	61.5%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Tenafly
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	42	42
Median year structure built	1996	1957