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Elmwood Park borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Elmwood Park borough is a Census borough of 21,412 people across 2.64 square miles of land, in Bergen County. Median household income is $101,740, 57.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 26 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $11.5 m.
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Elmwood Park
What Elmwood Park is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area2.64 sq mi
- Water area0.08 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land8,102
- County holding the largest share of its areaBergen County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elmwood Park
How many people live in Elmwood Park
- Population21,412
- Median age39.9
- Population under 184,187
- Share under 1819.6 percent
- Population 65 and over3,954
- Share 65 and over18.5 percent
- Households7,462
- Family households5,512
- Share of households that are families73.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elmwood Park
Income and work in Elmwood Park
- Median household income$101,740
- Per capita income$43,773
- Civilian labor force11,936
- Employed11,050
- Unemployed886 plus or minus 346
- Unemployment rate7.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over15,389
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elmwood Park
Housing in Elmwood Park
- Housing units7,765
- Occupied units7,462
- Vacant units303 plus or minus 167
- Vacancy rate3.9 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Owner occupied4,289
- Renter occupied3,173
- Ownership rate57.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$483,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,074
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.5 percent
- Single family units4,148
- Share single family53.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,617
- Share in buildings of two or more46.6 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elmwood Park
How Elmwood Park gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,842
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,274
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,528
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.8 percent
- Drove alone68.0 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport6.9 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home8.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elmwood Park
SBA 7(a) lending to Elmwood Park borrowers
- Approvals26
- Gross approval$11,486,300
- Average approval$441,781
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,440,000
- Largest approval$2,055,000
- Jobs supported261
- Jobs per approval10.0
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.4 percent
- Share to franchises11.5 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS21
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Elmwood Park
SBA 504 lending to Elmwood Park borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$4,266,000
- Average approval$1,066,500
- Median approval$1,719,000
- Largest approval$1,912,000
- Jobs supported26
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bergen County, not Elmwood Park
Bergen County context, not Elmwood Park figures
These are Bergen County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Elmwood Park measurements.
- Establishments in Bergen County31,818
- Employment at those establishments, Bergen County441,870
- Covered employment, Bergen County438,240
- Average annual pay, Bergen County$80,639
- Average weekly wage, Bergen County$1,551
- Housing units permitted, Bergen County3,329
- Of those, single family, Bergen County1,450
- County product, 2024, Bergen County$105,804,508,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bergen County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bergen County$129,007
Every figure in this section is published for Bergen County as a whole and is not a measurement of Elmwood Park. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Elmwood Park questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Elmwood Park, New Jersey?
21,412, in 7,462 households. Elmwood Park borough covers 2.64 square miles of land, which is 8,102 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Elmwood Park in?
Bergen County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Elmwood Park?
$101,740. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $483,700. Median gross rent is $2,074 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Elmwood Park businesses?
26 7(a) approvals totalling $11.5 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $4.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Elmwood Park, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Elmwood Park borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Elmwood Park. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Elmwood Park figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bergen County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Elmwood Park.
Is zoning published for Elmwood Park?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.