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Palisades Park borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Palisades Park borough is a Census borough of 20,290 people across 1.24 square miles of land, in Bergen County. Median household income is $94,743, 35.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 78 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $25.6 m.
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Palisades Park
What Palisades Park is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.24 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land16,377
- 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.
Palisades Park
How many people live in Palisades Park
- Population20,290
- Median age42.9
- Population under 182,971
- Share under 1814.6 percent
- Population 65 and over3,774
- Share 65 and over18.6 percent
- Households7,472
- Family households5,492
- Share of households that are families73.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palisades Park
Income and work in Palisades Park
- Median household income$94,743
- Per capita income$46,914
- Civilian labor force12,029
- Employed11,357
- Unemployed672 plus or minus 261
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over15,807
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Palisades Park
- Housing units7,614
- Occupied units7,472
- Vacant units142 plus or minus 112
- Vacancy rate1.9 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Owner occupied2,652
- Renter occupied4,820
- Ownership rate35.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$719,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,009
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.4 percent
- Single family units2,614
- Share single family34.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,944
- Share in buildings of two or more64.9 percent
- Mobile homes56 plus or minus 63
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Palisades Park gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,742
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,802 plus or minus 361
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more4,384
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.0 percent
- Drove alone54.9 percent
- Carpooled13.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Public transport14.1 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Worked from home12.6 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palisades Park
SBA loans in Palisades Park (7(a))
- Approvals78
- Gross approval$25,636,800
- Average approval$328,677
- Median approval$120,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$3,450,000
- Jobs supported340
- Jobs per approval4.4
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Paid in full9
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.0 percent
- Share to franchises2.6 percent
- Distinct lenders23
- Distinct industries by NAICS49
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 9 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.
Palisades Park
SBA loans in Palisades Park (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,805,000
- Average approval$701,250
- Median approval$506,000
- Largest approval$2,000,000
- Jobs supported26
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bergen County, not Palisades Park
Bergen County context, not Palisades 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 Palisades 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 Palisades 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
Palisades Park questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Palisades Park, New Jersey?
20,290, in 7,472 households. Palisades Park borough covers 1.24 square miles of land, which is 16,377 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Palisades 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 Palisades Park?
$94,743. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $719,600. Median gross rent is $2,009 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Palisades Park businesses?
78 7(a) approvals totalling $25.6 m, across 23 lenders, median approval $120,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Palisades Park, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Palisades Park borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Palisades Park. only 9 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 Palisades 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 Palisades Park.
Is zoning published for Palisades Park?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.