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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.28% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Bernardsville is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Bernardsville a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Bernardsville has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Bernardsville's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Bernardsville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.07 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small borough, Bernardsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Bernardsville Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bernardsville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bernardsville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 59.56% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 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.