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Place dossier plate
SheetNJ-BOGOTA-NJ · Bogota, NJ 9,110 pop · income 82nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Bogota
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Bogota on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Little Falls · lowest
46,284
Little Falls · lowest
46,284 median HH income
18.5% of the leader · rank #1
Fairview · near
107,308
Fairview · near
107,308 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #2
Bloomingdale · near
107,313
Bloomingdale · near
107,313 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #3
Gordon Heights · near
107,317
Gordon Heights · near
107,317 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #4
Bogota · this city
107,321
Bogota · this city
107,321 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #5
Katy · near
107,332
Katy · near
107,332 median HH income
42.9% of the leader · rank #6
Chatham · highest
250,001
Chatham · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Bogota on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 9,110.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Bogota - the verdict
Bogota ranks in the 82nd percentile for household income and the 85th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
82nd
percentile, household income
81st
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
85th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Bogota, NJ
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 9,110 residents in Bogota, a small town within New Jersey. Households in Bogota report a median income of $107,321 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.3%. Bogota's housing stock carries a median value of $443,400, and the median resident age is 42.2 years. 34.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 63.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 154 residential building permits were authorized in Bogota (Slowing), down 7% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Bogota reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 503.7 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Jersey at 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $2,132 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Jersey run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 90.8 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Bogota's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to population change to schools and households to housing and income to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Bogota, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Bogota?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Lake Mohawk (9,116 residents, $145,806 income); Cresskill (9,101 residents, $173,293 income); Absecon (9,099 residents, $77,516 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sunset Hills, MO (9,113 residents); Grants, NM (9,106 residents); Gretna, NE (9,117 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Bogota?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 61.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,072 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +12.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 154 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 34.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Bogota?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
4.1×
Home value
$443,400
Household income
$107,321
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Bogota?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 503.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 78% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
503.7
Violent rate
49.4
Property rate
454.3
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A-
49 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income A-
$107,321
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B-
34.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bogota profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 84/100 (A-) · 49 /100k
Household income: 80/100 (A-) · $107,321
Bachelor's+ share: 65/100 (B-) · 34.3%
Poverty rate: 63/100 (C+) · 5.3%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
Where Bogota sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Bogota's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Bogota highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
Bogota, NJ (this city): home $443,400, crime 504/100k
Sunset Hills, MO : home $522,300, crime 1,301/100k
Grants, NM : home $123,600, crime 2,044/100k
Dayton, TX : home $211,900, crime 2,251/100k
Harrodsburg, KY : home $145,100, crime 982/100k
Little Falls, MN : home $198,100, crime 1,948/100k
Absecon, NJ : home $237,600, crime 2,365/100k
Park Ridge, NJ : home $666,200, crime 264/100k
Chatham, NJ : home $944,300, crime 526/100k
Ventnor City, NJ : home $345,300, crime 2,415/100k
How does Bogota compare to other US cities?
Here's how Bogota stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income82% higher than other cities
Home value81% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
Safety85% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at New Jersey, Bogota ranks #52 of 238 New Jersey cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Bogota against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Bogota near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Bogota ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Bogota only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#315 of 659
52nd percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#276 of 672
59th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#219 of 680
67th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#431 of 686
37th percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
82nd percentile nationally for median household income · 85th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Bogota's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Bogota's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Bogota's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$443,40019th percentilemore affordable than 19% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Bogota's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,060 of 15,516
More affordable than 29% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,599 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.1×, Bogota sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,060 of 15,516 and #8,599 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$107,321Bogota, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Bogota, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Bogota, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
9,110
Median Income
$107,321
Median Home Value
$443,400
Median Age
42.2
Poverty Rate
5.3%
Labor force participation
63.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
34.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
503.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
49.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
454.3
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Bogota's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,744 residents
2021
9,204 residents
2022
9,290 residents
2023
9,664 residents
2024
9,732 residents
2025
9,816 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
154
housing units authorized
Single-Family
9
detached homes
Multifamily
145
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
16.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
165
3
162
$6.5M
2020
143
6
137
$8.9M
2021
267
7
260
$27.6M
2022
160
10
150
$16.9M
2023
162
9
153
$14.2M
2024
154
9
145
$14.7M
Permit volume decreased 7% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
61.3%
Carpool
16.8%
Public Transit
9.6%
Walk
2.6%
Work from Home
6.7%
Other
3.0%
Based on 4,627 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for Bogota. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Bogota is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Bogota sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Bogota compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.