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A borough of 15,319 people in New Jersey
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Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
15,409Population
5.2 sq miArea
171 ftElevation

Tenafly ( ) is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 15,409, an increase of 921 (+6.4%) from the 2010 census count of 14,488, which in turn reflected an increase of 682 (+4.9%) from the 13,806 counted in the 2000 census. Tenafly is a suburb of New York City. The borough has been one of the state's highest-income communities. Based on data from the American Community Survey for 2013–2017, Tenafly residents had a median household income of $153,381, ranked 13th in the state among municipalities with more than 10,000 residents, more than double the statewide median of $76,475. Tenafly was incorporated as a…

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Housing in Tenafly

$1.33M▲ 10.2% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Tenafly home is worth about $1,330,000, up 10.2% in a year, 129% above the New Jersey typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market56
Sale-to-list109.1%
Sold in May9
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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Tenafly's police department reported only 2023 and 2024, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Violent crime per 1,000
Tenafly 0.1
New Jersey 2.2
U.S. 3.6
Property crime per 1,000
Tenafly 4.7
New Jersey 14.3
U.S. 17.7
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School Grade A

The public schools Tenafly’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 93% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#15Best public schoolsof 457 in NJ
DistrictTenafly Public School DistrictSchools12

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