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SheetNJ-ENGLEWOOD-CLIFFS-NJ · Englewood Cliffs, NJ 5,330 pop · income 99th 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 Englewood Cliffs
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Englewood Cliffs on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Salem · lowest
40,650
Salem · lowest
40,650 median HH income
18.3% of the leader · rank #1
Wakefield · near
221,793
Wakefield · near
221,793 median HH income
99.6% of the leader · rank #2
Rock Ridge · near
222,159
Rock Ridge · near
222,159 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #3
Englewood Cli… · this city
222,192
Englewood Cli… · this city
222,192 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #4
Lafayette · near
222,393
Lafayette · near
222,393 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Cabin John · near
222,500
Cabin John · near
222,500 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
Hingham · highest
222,696
Hingham · highest
222,696 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 Englewood Cliffs 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: 5,330.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Englewood Cliffs - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Englewood Cliffs lands in the 99th percentile for household income and the 44th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
99th
percentile, household income
98th
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
44th
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: Englewood Cliffs, NJ
5,330 people live in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Englewood Cliffs brings in $222,192 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.1%. Englewood Cliffs's housing stock carries a median value of $1,232,700, and the median resident age is 49.9 years. About 76.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 58.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 56 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 180% from five years earlier. Englewood Cliffs reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1564.2 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,132 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across New Jersey, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 90.8 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Englewood Cliffs'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 schools and households to reported crime to work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Englewood Cliffs, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count.
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. Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Englewood Cliffs?
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 2 public schools within the city match. 76.9% 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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Englewood Cliffs?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1564.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 31% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Englewood Cliffs?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 64.0%. 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. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Englewood Cliffs?
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 Salem (5,315 residents, $40,650 income); Clementon (5,351 residents, $69,536 income); Glendora (5,367 residents, $94,792 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Keyes, CA (5,330 residents); Hollywood, SC (5,330 residents); Brookshire, TX (5,330 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.
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 Englewood Cliffs?
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 5.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
5.5×
Home value
$1,232,700
Household income
$222,192
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Is Englewood Cliffs growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +69 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 56 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.
2020 estimate
5,315
2025 estimate
5,384
Period change
+1.3%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Top-decile income · poverty 1.1% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
108.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average
B+
City profile score · Englewood Cliffs, NJ
77/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
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.
Household income A+
$222,192
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
76.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A+
1.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime A-
55 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger 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.
Englewood Cliffs profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $222,192
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 76.9%
Poverty rate: 92/100 (A+) · 1.1%
Violent crime: 82/100 (A-) · 55 /100k
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
Where Englewood Cliffs sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Englewood Cliffs'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 - Englewood Cliffs highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
Englewood Cliffs, NJ (this city): home $1,232,700, crime 1,564/100k
Brookshire, TX : home $117,000, crime 1,943/100k
Posen, IL : home $172,800, crime 2,472/100k
Roanoke, AL : home $129,100, crime 4,657/100k
Clementon, NJ : home $197,200, crime 2,327/100k
Margate City, NJ : home $645,200, crime 1,309/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does Englewood Cliffs compare to other US cities?
Here's how Englewood Cliffs stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income99% higher than other cities
Home value98% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
Safety44% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just New Jersey and the picture shifts: Englewood Cliffs ranks #162 of 238 New Jersey cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Englewood Cliffs 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 Englewood Cliffs near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Englewood Cliffs ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Englewood Cliffs only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#28 of 659
96th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#17 of 672
97th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#500 of 680
26th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#34 of 686
95th 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
99th percentile nationally for median household income · 44th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Englewood Cliffs's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Englewood Cliffs'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 Englewood Cliffs's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,232,7002nd percentilemore affordable than 2% 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,641 of 15,516
More affordable than 12% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,194 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.5×, Englewood Cliffs sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,641 of 15,516 and #10,194 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$222,192Englewood Cliffs, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Englewood Cliffs, 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 Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)76.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)58.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,330
Median Income
$222,192
Median Home Value
$1,232,700
Median Age
49.9
Poverty Rate
1.1%
Labor force participation
58.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
76.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1564.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
55.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1509.0
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
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Englewood Cliffs's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
5,315 residents
2021
5,337 residents
2022
5,318 residents
2023
5,341 residents
2024
5,398 residents
2025
5,384 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
56
housing units authorized
Single-Family
48
detached homes
Multifamily
8
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
10.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
20
20
0
$15.5M
2020
18
18
0
$14.4M
2021
24
24
0
$19.5M
2022
24
24
0
$21.9M
2023
19
19
0
$22.7M
2024
56
48
8
$40.5M
Permit volume increased 180% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
64.0%
Carpool
9.2%
Public Transit
6.3%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
20.5%
Based on 2,528 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 Englewood Cliffs. 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 Englewood Cliffs 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 Englewood Cliffs sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Englewood Cliffs 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.