Basking Ridge vs Bernardsville

A side-by-side comparison of Basking Ridge and Bernardsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Basking Ridge has the higher population (7,882 vs 7,871 in Bernardsville). Bernardsville has the higher median household income ($231,006 vs $200,378 in Basking Ridge). Basking Ridge has the higher median home value ($841,700 vs $737,600 in Bernardsville).

Population, income & housing

	Basking Ridge	Bernardsville
Population	7,882	7,871
Median age	46.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$200,378	$231,006
Median home value	$841,700	$737,600
Median gross rent	$565	$2,155
Housing units	2,955	2,787
Homeownership rate	84.6%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.6%	69.5%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basking Ridge	Bernardsville
Population	7,913 → 7,882 (-0.4%)	7,678 → 7,871 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$166,528 → $200,378 (+20.3%)	$165,052 → $231,006 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$730,000 → $841,700 (+15.3%)	$681,500 → $737,600 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$478 → $565 (+18.2%)	$1,787 → $2,155 (+20.6%)

Basking Ridge

Population

7,9137,882

Median household income

$166,528$200,378

Median home value

$730,000$841,700

Median gross rent

$478$565

Bernardsville

Population

7,6787,871

Median household income

$165,052$231,006

Median home value

$681,500$737,600

Median gross rent

$1,787$2,155

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basking Ridge	Bernardsville
Under 5	3.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.8%
25 to 34	5.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	18.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	12.2%
75 and over	11.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basking Ridge	Bernardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basking Ridge	Bernardsville
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	8.4%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	9.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.1%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	27.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basking Ridge	Bernardsville
Drove alone	64.3%	60.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	3.8%
Public transit	5.8%	3.8%
Walked	1.3%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	23.3%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basking Ridge	Bernardsville
1-unit, detached	76.9%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Basking Ridge	Bernardsville
Poverty rate	3.6%	1.0%
Average household size	2.71	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1972	1964