Bergenfield, New Jersey demographics

Bergenfield, NJ demographics: median age 40.7; 48.3% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Bergenfield borough, New Jersey · Incorporated borough · GEOID 3405170. The survey estimates a population of 28,450 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Bergenfield is 40.7 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.5 years. There are 9,322 households (±408). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	40.7 ±1.5	40.1 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,450
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Under 18	6,033 ±620	21.2% ±2.2 pp	21.8%	22.0%
18–34	6,467 ±692	22.7% ±2.4 pp	21.3%	22.8%
35–64	11,170 ±734	39.3% ±2.6 pp	39.7%	38.0%
65 and older	4,780 ±486	16.8% ±1.7 pp	17.2%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,450
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Male	13,888 ±456	48.8% ±1.6 pp	49.2%	49.5%
Female	14,562 ±451	51.2% ±1.6 pp	50.8%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,450
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
White alone	10,738 ±1,162	37.7% ±4.1 pp	54.0%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,395 ±678	8.4% ±2.4 pp	12.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	18 ±23 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.9%
Asian alone	7,037 ±837	24.7% ±2.9 pp	10.1%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	22 ±47 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,399 ±749	11.9% ±2.6 pp	10.1%	7.1%
Two or more races	4,841 ±851	17.0% ±3.0 pp	12.4%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,450
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	19,048 ±845	67.0% ±3.0 pp	77.5%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9,402 ±848	33.0% ±3.0 pp	22.5%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,322
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,536 ±343	59.4% ±2.6 pp	49.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	580 ±274	6.2% ±2.9 pp	5.1%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	1,064 ±233	11.4% ±2.4 pp	12.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	1,612 ±354	17.3% ±3.7 pp	26.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	530 ±220	5.7% ±2.3 pp	5.8%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,322
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,374 ±268	36.2% ±2.4 pp	31.2%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	5,948 ±576	63.8% ±5.5 pp	68.8%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 9,322
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	1,612 ±354	17.3% ±3.7 pp	26.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	2,847 ±452	30.5% ±4.7 pp	31.1%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,566 ±315	16.8% ±3.3 pp	17.1%	15.3%
Four-person households	1,412 ±279	15.1% ±2.9 pp	15.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,337 ±235	14.3% ±2.4 pp	6.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	334 ±128	3.6% ±1.4 pp	2.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	214 ±101	2.3% ±1.1 pp	1.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 28,450
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Native	17,340 ±834	60.9% ±2.9 pp	76.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	11,110 ±828	39.1% ±2.9 pp	23.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 26,763
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
English only	12,810 ±913	47.9% ±3.3 pp	66.9%	77.7%
Spanish	7,130 ±739	26.6% ±2.7 pp	17.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	220 ±180 · low precision	0.8% ±0.7 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	15 ±24 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	152 ±137 · low precision	0.6% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	775 ±418 · low precision	2.9% ±1.6 pp · low precision	5.6%	2.0%
Korean	278 ±147 · low precision	1.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	187 ±134 · low precision	0.7% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	0 ±26 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	3,591 ±671	13.4% ±2.5 pp	0.9%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	860 ±360	3.2% ±1.3 pp	1.6%	1.1%
Arabic	37 ±44 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	708 ±558 · low precision	2.6% ±2.1 pp · low precision	1.1%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 19,546
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,620 ±339	8.3% ±1.7 pp	9.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	4,241 ±644	21.7% ±3.2 pp	25.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	2,763 ±368	14.1% ±1.8 pp	15.0%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,473 ±289	7.5% ±1.5 pp	6.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	6,640 ±598	34.0% ±2.8 pp	26.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2,809 ±388	14.4% ±1.9 pp	17.6%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 28,254
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	New Jersey	U.S.
Same house	27,038 ±321	95.7% ±1.1 pp	90.4%	87.7%
Moved within same county	420 ±191	1.5% ±0.7 pp	4.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	56 ±53 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	2.5%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	467 ±213	1.7% ±0.8 pp	1.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	273 ±203 · low precision	1.0% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

8.4% of Bergenfield residents (±1.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 7.5% in New Jersey and 8.4% nationally. 94.7% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Bergenfield	New Jersey	U.S.	Compared with New Jersey
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	8.4% ±1.8 pp	7.5%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.7% ±1.7 pp	92.8%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.5% ±0.6 pp	3.7%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Bergenfield . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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