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Englewood Cliffs is a big small town of 5,362 people in Bergen County, New Jersey. It's about 15 miles from New York, NY. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 30 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.4M and rent runs about $4k a month.
5,362people
$1.4MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
85° / 38°Summer / winter
30"Snow
238Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,362
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,522 people per sq mi
- 15 mi to New York, NY
- 15 mi to New York, NY
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.4M (≈$8,838/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $231k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (78 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 30" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 3 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (16 per 100k)
- Low property crime (960 per 100k)
People
- Median age 50
- 34% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 73% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 40 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to TEB airport
- 8 mi to LGA (major hub)
- 4 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 427 ft
- Right on the coast
- 173 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 8 mi to the nearest ski area
- 20 mi to the nearest campground
- 198 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 14,819 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 1,859 bars within 25 mi
- 5,376 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 137 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 288 museums within 25 mi
- 67 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of New Jersey districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bergen County: D+3 in 2024
- New Jersey: D+6 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk