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Bernardsville, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Bernardsville, New Jersey (Bernardsville, NJ — Census place “Bernardsville borough”) is 7,871 residents, ranking #211 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $231,006, the median home is worth $737,600 and median gross rent runs $2,155 a month. Looking for the Bernardsville New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bernardsville, NJ: 07924.
- Population
- 7,871Bernardsville borough residents
- Median household income
- $231,006Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $737,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,155Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 90%Owner-occupied households
Bernardsville ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bernardsville.
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What the numbers mean in Bernardsville borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Bernardsville borough median would spend about 11.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1% of residents and 90% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Bernardsville borough, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Bernardsville borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 7,871 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #211 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 69% of them. The median age here is 41.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Bernardsville borough earn a median of $231,006 a year, 194.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 116% above the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Bernardsville borough is valued at $737,600, 143.1% above the national figure and 79% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,155 a month, 53.3% above the national figure, or roughly $25,860 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 90% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in New Jersey.
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- Fanwood borough 7,714
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- Dunellen borough 7,711
- Carneys Point CDP 7,945
- Brigantine city 7,702
- Crestwood Village CDP 7,951
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Bernardsville borough?
- Bernardsville borough has 7,871 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #211 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in Bernardsville borough?
- Median household income in Bernardsville borough is $231,006 a year, 194.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bernardsville borough?
- Median gross rent is $2,155 a month and the median home value is $737,600, so rent absorbs about 11.2% of median household income.
- Is Bernardsville borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bernardsville borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Bernardsville borough data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.