About Bernardsville

Bernardsville is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 7,345 people and just one neighborhood, Bernardsville is the 268th largest community in New Jersey.

Bernardsville is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 89.47% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bernardsville is a borough of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Bernardsville who work in management occupations (21.43%), sales jobs (14.55%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.39%).

Of important note, Bernardsville is also a borough of artists. Bernardsville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bernardsville's character.

Also of interest is that Bernardsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 7.28% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Bernardsville is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Bernardsville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Bernardsville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Bernardsville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Bernardsville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Bernardsville, the average commute to work is 33.07 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Bernardsville is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Bernardsville Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Bernardsville. 59.56% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bernardsville in 2000 was $69,854, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $279,416 for a family of four. However, Bernardsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bernardsville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bernardsville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bernardsville include Italian, Irish, English, German, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Bernardsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.