Palisades Park.
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New Jersey·Bergen County
5 tracts·20K people·$720K median·16,377/mi²
Asian 55 · Hispanic 22 · White 19 · Black 3 · Multiracial 1 · Other 0
Married couple 47 · Other 32 · Living alone 21
Professional 24 · Retail 23 · Health 20 · Leisure 14 · Manufacturing 9 · Public admin 6 · Other 5
Management · business · science · arts 44 · Sales · office 24 · Service 16 · Production · transport 11 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 55 · Carpool 26 · Transit 14 · Work from home 13 · Walk 2 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Palisades Park is $719,600 (Census ACS) — 1.6× the US median of $458,812.
Palisades Park has 20,290 residents across 4 census tracts and 1 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 42.9; the population is 54.5% Asian, 22.3% Hispanic or Latino, 19.2% White, 2.6% Black, 1.1% Multiracial and 0.3% Other; the average household has 2.7 people; 51.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 9.4% (Census ACS).
Lindbergh Elementary School is the elementary school with reported scores (36%); Palisades Park Jr-Sr High School is the high school with reported scores (28%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $2,009/month, 27% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Palisades Park is $94,743 a year, 10% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Palisades Park, median rent is $2,009/month and the median home value is $719,600 (Census ACS).
Palisades Park reported 0.7 violent crimes and 7.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 84°F; winter lows average 28°F; there are 96 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 50 inches; snowfall averages 30 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Palisades Park are winter weather (83), strong wind (75) and heat wave (70), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.34g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Palisades Park, 1.9% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).