Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety98#258/15,637
Economy87#1,986/15,631
Housing65#5,312/14,977
Health100#2/15,609
Healthcare98#287/15,650
Environment31#10,563/15,453
Education99#234/15,649
Infrastructure93#1,152/15,650
Community96#693/15,651
Leisure & amenities90#1,608/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tenafly, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Bergen County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Adult smoking · low5.5%
100/100New Jersey 11.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · low13.6%
100/100New Jersey 15.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low3.9%
100/100New Jersey 7.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low12.3%
99/100New Jersey 16.1%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Dentists · high134 /100k
99/100New Jersey 88 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBergen County value
Reading scores · high3.57
99/100New Jersey 3.22United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBergen County value

Weaknesses

Average commute time · high39.8 min
2/100New Jersey 30.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Effective property tax rate · high2.01%
7/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.490
11/100New Jersey 0.478United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Comfortable days · low23.6%
15/100New Jersey 24.9%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBergen County value
Home price to income ratio · high4.8×
21/100New Jersey 4.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Unemployment rate · high6.8%
24/100New Jersey 5.2%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
51.2% (2015-2019) → 35.6% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Public transit commutersWorsening
23.4% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
30.4% (2015-2019) → 24.0% (2020-2024)
−6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$172,926 (2015-2019) → $208,200 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
95.5% (2015-2019) → 98.9% (2020-2024)
+3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
81.7% (2015-2019) → 78.7% (2020-2024)
−2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Tenafly, New Jersey improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+20%$172,926 → $208,200

Declined1

Transit use−12 points23.4% → 11.8%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Tenafly, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	44.6 min2015-2019	39.8 min2020-2024	−4.7 min	Within the margin of error	89%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.7%2015-2019	78.7%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	95.5%2015-2019	98.9%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Effective property tax rate	1.75%2015-2019	2.01%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	96.9%2015-2019	98.7%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Home price to income ratio	4.8×2015-2019	4.8×2020-2024	+0.0×	Within the margin of error	78%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4512015-2019	0.4902020-2024	+0.039	Within the margin of error	21%
Median household income	$172,9262015-2019	$208,2002020-2024	+20%	Improved	34%
Poverty rate	2.8%2015-2019	3.5%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Public transit commuters	23.4%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−12 points	Declined	1%
Rent as share of income	30.4%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−6.4 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Rent-burdened households	51.2%2015-2019	35.6%2020-2024	−16 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Unemployment rate	4.5%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.0%2015-2019	4.4%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Tenafly, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tenafly, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Tenafly, New Jersey itself moved +7.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

15,319 residents (±32)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49
30–39†
20–29†
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+2.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

15,319 residents (±32)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

White51%7,758
Black1.2%†187
Hispanic or Latino8.4%†1,288
Asian36%5,520
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†35
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races3.5%†531

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−8.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

9,931 residents (±394)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

No high school diploma1.3%†131
High school or GED6.9%†686
Some college7.7%†766
Associate degree5.3%†530
Bachelor's degree35%3,510
Graduate degree43%4,308

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Associate degree (+3.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,227 households (±229)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k3.9%†204
$25k–50k9.3%†486
$50k–75k2.5%†130
$75k–100k7.1%†371
$100k–150k11%†599
$150k–200k13%†695
$200k or more52%2,742

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+11.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,227 households (±229)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own72%3,749
Rent28%1,478

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,368 households (±250)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $7501.7%†23
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.7%†9

Home values

3,749 homes (±321)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $150k0.9%†32
$150k–250k2.8%†104
$250k–400k3.1%†118

Age of homes

5,420 homes (±229)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

2010 or later12%†641
2000–20096.2%†336
1980–199914%747

Size of homes

5,420 homes (±229)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Studio0.8%†42
1 bedroom7.9%†428
2 bedrooms9.1%†495

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

6,832 workers (±467)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone52%3,561
Carpool4.8%†329
Public transit12%806
Walk0.0%†3
Bike0.0%0
Work from home30%2,023
Other1.6%†110

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+21.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

4,809 workers (±448)

Tenafly, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under 15 min17%807
15–29 min18%846
30–44 min23%†1,087

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Bergen County, the county holding most of Tenafly's residents.

Bergen County has 31,818 employer establishments, 330 for every 10,000 residents (1.33× the US rate of 248; 1.30× New Jersey's), with 441,870 paid employees at an average annual pay of $74,257. The Census Bureau also counts 120,489 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 31,818; 120,489 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 330; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 441,870
Average annual pay: $74,257; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Bergen County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	3,434	35.6	1.71×More than typical	39,332	$75,459	7,066
Restaurants and other eating places	2,408	25	1.36×More than typical	28,521	$28,410	769
Specialty trade contractors	1,645	17.1	1.10×About typical	12,758	$78,966	4,471
Lessors of real estate	1,389	14.4	1.17×About typical	8,265	$70,444	18,127
Offices of physicians	1,202	12.5	1.93×More than typical	11,165	$125,686	1,583
Personal care services	1,104	11.5	2.40×More than typical	5,653	$28,119	2,466
Full-service restaurants	1,040	10.8	1.40×More than typical	15,013	$32,341	328
Construction of buildings	997	10.3	1.37×More than typical	4,420	$82,982	3,078
Services to buildings and dwellings	966	10	1.49×More than typical	8,260	$42,523	3,811
Limited-service restaurants	943	9.8	1.22×About typical	9,594	$24,438	291
Offices of other health practitioners	907	9.4	1.55×More than typical	4,566	$50,201	3,718
Management, scientific and technical consulting	897	9.3	1.39×More than typical	4,707	$90,044	5,786

Rank places for an industry Open Bergen County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 964,156 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tenafly, New Jersey: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

144.8KFY2022
149.6KFY2024
-75KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Tenafly, New Jersey, so they do not add up across cities.

Tenafly, New Jersey's figures are part of those of Bergen County, NJ ($182.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Tenafly is mostly in Bergen County.

See federal money in Bergen County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Tenafly, New Jersey is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).