Tenafly is a somewhat small coastal borough (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 13,806 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Tenafly is the 150th largest community in New Jersey.

Tenafly is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 92.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Tenafly is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tenafly who work in management occupations (17.45%), sales jobs (17.34%), and healthcare (9.90%).

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

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

In addition, Tenafly 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, Tenafly is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Tenafly 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, Tenafly has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Tenafly's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the nice things about Tenafly is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the borough are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

In Tenafly, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.28 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Tenafly Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Tenafly, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Tenafly is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 62.15% 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 Tenafly in 2000 was $53,170, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $212,680 for a family of four. However, Tenafly contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tenafly is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Tenafly home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Tenafly is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Tenafly include Irish, Italian, Russian, Polish, German, and European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Tenafly's cultural character, accounting for 28.57% of the borough's population.

The languages spoken by people in Tenafly 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 Tenafly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean, Spanish, Chinese, and Hebrew.