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Little Ferry borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Little Ferry borough is a Census borough of 10,996 people across 1.48 square miles of land, in Bergen County. Median household income is $85,750, 45.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 41 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $18.4 m.
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Little Ferry
What Little Ferry is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.48 sq mi
- Water area0.19 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,444
- 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.
Little Ferry
How many people live in Little Ferry
- Population10,996
- Median age44.6
- Population under 181,731 plus or minus 400
- Share under 1815.7 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Population 65 and over1,991 plus or minus 435
- Share 65 and over18.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Households4,527
- Family households3,080
- Share of households that are families68.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Little Ferry
Income and work in Little Ferry
- Median household income$85,750
- Per capita income$46,279
- Civilian labor force6,566
- Employed6,066
- Unemployed500 plus or minus 183
- Unemployment rate7.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over8,303
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher36.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Little Ferry
Housing in Little Ferry
- Housing units4,708
- Occupied units4,527
- Vacant units181 plus or minus 166
- Vacancy rate3.8 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied2,071
- Renter occupied2,456
- Ownership rate45.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$429,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,783
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.0 percent
- Single family units1,812
- Share single family38.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,896
- Share in buildings of two or more61.5 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Little Ferry
How Little Ferry gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,366
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,290 plus or minus 384
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.0 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,466 plus or minus 494
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more46.0 percent
- Drove alone68.5 percent
- Carpooled9.8 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport14.5 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Little Ferry
SBA 7(a) lending to Little Ferry borrowers
- Approvals41
- Gross approval$18,423,000
- Average approval$449,341
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported308
- Jobs per approval7.5
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Paid in full5
- Charged off3
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more7.3 percent
- Share to franchises2.4 percent
- Distinct lenders16
- Distinct industries by NAICS28
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 8 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.
Little Ferry
SBA 504 lending to Little Ferry borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,358,000
- Average approval$1,358,000
- Median approval$1,358,000
- Largest approval$1,358,000
- Jobs supported11
- 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 Little Ferry
Bergen County context, not Little Ferry 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 Little Ferry 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 Little Ferry. 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
Little Ferry questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Little Ferry, New Jersey?
10,996, in 4,527 households. Little Ferry borough covers 1.48 square miles of land, which is 7,444 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Little Ferry 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 Little Ferry?
$85,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $429,300. Median gross rent is $1,783 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Little Ferry businesses?
41 7(a) approvals totalling $18.4 m, across 16 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Little Ferry, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Little Ferry borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Little Ferry. only 8 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 Little Ferry 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 Little Ferry.
Is zoning published for Little Ferry?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.