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Leonia borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Leonia borough is a Census borough of 9,336 people across 1.52 square miles of land, in Bergen County. Median household income is $129,665, 69.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.6 m.
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Leonia
What Leonia is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.52 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,129
- 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.
Leonia
How many people live in Leonia
- Population9,336
- Median age45.9
- Population under 181,886
- Share under 1820.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,655
- Share 65 and over17.7 percent
- Households3,345
- Family households2,485
- Share of households that are families74.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leonia
Income and work in Leonia
- Median household income$129,665
- Per capita income$66,568
- Civilian labor force5,345
- Employed5,024
- Unemployed321 plus or minus 129
- Unemployment rate6.0 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over6,771
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher61.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leonia
Housing in Leonia
- Housing units3,598
- Occupied units3,345
- Vacant units253 plus or minus 133
- Vacancy rate7.0 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Owner occupied2,338
- Renter occupied1,007
- Ownership rate69.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$672,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,073
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.2 percent
- Single family units2,393
- Share single family66.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,195
- Share in buildings of two or more33.2 percent
- Mobile homes10 plus or minus 15
- Median year structure built1945
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leonia
How Leonia gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,065
- Commuting under 15 minutes996 plus or minus 247
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.5 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,844
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.4 percent
- Drove alone55.6 percent
- Carpooled6.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Public transport13.1 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Walked4.3 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Worked from home16.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Leonia
SBA loans in Leonia (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$6,613,000
- Average approval$508,692
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$945,000
- Largest approval$3,500,000
- Jobs supported85
- Jobs per approval6.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 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.
Leonia
SBA loans in Leonia (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,194,000
- Average approval$1,194,000
- Median approval$1,194,000
- Largest approval$1,194,000
- Jobs supported30
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bergen County, not Leonia
Bergen County context, not Leonia 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 Leonia 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 Leonia. 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
Leonia questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Leonia, New Jersey?
9,336, in 3,345 households. Leonia borough covers 1.52 square miles of land, which is 6,129 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Leonia 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 Leonia?
$129,665. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $672,900. Median gross rent is $2,073 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Leonia businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $6.6 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Leonia, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Leonia borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Leonia. only 1 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 Leonia 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 Leonia.
Is zoning published for Leonia?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.