Tenafly, NJ real estate and demographic information

About Tenafly

Tenafly is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 14,582 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Tenafly is the 136th largest community in New Jersey.

Tenafly home prices are not only among the most expensive in New Jersey, but Tenafly real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Tenafly is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 91.47% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Tenafly is a borough of professionals, managers and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tenafly who work in management occupations (18.72%), sales jobs (15.24%) and office and administrative support (9.34%).

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", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

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 ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Tenafly, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.04 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Despite being a small borough, Tenafly has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Tenafly Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Tenafly. 69.73% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.

The per capita income in Tenafly in 2010 was $60,557, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $242,228 for a family of four.

Tenafly is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Tenafly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tenafly residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Tenafly include Russian, Italian, Irish, Eastern European, German and Israeli.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Tenafly's cultural character, accounting for 33.95% 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, Hebrew and Chinese.