Tenafly is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 15,219 people and three associated neighborhoods, Tenafly is the 124th 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 96.77% 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 (19.87%), business and financial occupations (15.57%), and healthcare (15.15%). 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. 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.65% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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 very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Tenafly really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Tenafly perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. One downside of living in Tenafly, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.97 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.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Tenafly, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Tenafly is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 81.48% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Tenafly in 2022 was $97,437, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $389,748 for a family of four. Tenafly is an extremely 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 Italian, Irish, Eastern European, German, and Polish. Tenafly also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 33.85%. The most common language spoken in Tenafly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
