North Bergen is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 58,206 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, North Bergen is the 17th largest community in New Jersey.

North Bergen is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, North Bergen is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Bergen who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.40%), sales jobs (12.07%), and management occupations (6.63%).

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

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of North Bergen are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

In North Bergen, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.67 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

North Bergen Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, North Bergen is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 19.60% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in North Bergen in 2000 was $20,058, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $80,232 for a family of four.

North Bergen is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call North Bergen home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in North Bergen is White, followed by Asian. North Bergen also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 57.42% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in North Bergen include Italian, Irish, and German.

North Bergen also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 46.76%.

The languages spoken by people in North Bergen are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in North Bergen is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English, Gujarathi, Italian, and Arabic.