Best PlacesBergenfield, NJ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bergenfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bergenfield ranks 701st of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bergenfield
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Bergenfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bergenfield ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of cities
- TransitBetter than 95% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of cities
Where Bergenfield ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 2% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of cities
- Short commute32.5 minutes each way, better than only 13% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,508 a month, better than only 14% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bergenfield
A household needs to earn about $155,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bergenfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $127,853, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Bergenfield's effective rate of 2.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Bergenfield
Bergenfield's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Bergenfield.
Who works in Bergenfield, and how
Work in Bergenfield centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Bergenfield
Bergenfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of cities and more parkland per resident than 79% of cities. The coast is about 24 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bergenfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bergenfield, month by month
Bergenfield sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 34° | 26° |
| April | 65° | 53° | 42° |
| July | 90° | 79° | 69° |
| October | 71° | 59° | 48° |
Flying in and out of Bergenfield
Laguardia sits about 12 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 16.3 million passengers in 2025, with 118 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Bergenfield
Schools across Bergenfield average a C, better than 23% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
- Franklin Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Roy W. Brown Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
- Benjamin Franklin Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Bergenfield High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Teaneck High SchoolC · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bergenfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bergenfield measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Bergenfield against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bergenfield suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bergenfield
Is Bergenfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bergenfield ranks 701st of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, big-city access, and few empty homes, and lowest on state finances and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bergenfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $496,708. The overall cost of living runs about 22% above the national average. Set against a $127,853 median income, cost of living beats 60% of cities.
Is Bergenfield safe?
Bergenfield is safer than 40% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bergenfield?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 57 pleasant days a year, more than 3% of cities.
Is Bergenfield good for families?
Schools beat 23% of cities, crime safety beats 40%, and childcare runs $1,508 a month.
Compare Bergenfield with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bergenfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bergenfield represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Bergenfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bergenfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bergenfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bergenfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bergenfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bergenfield detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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