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Paramus borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Paramus borough is a Census borough of 26,568 people across 10.44 square miles of land, in Bergen County. Median household income is $144,349, 82.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 71 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $31.3 m.
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Paramus
What Paramus is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area10.44 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,544
- 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.
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How many people live in Paramus
- Population26,568
- Median age49.1
- Population under 184,903
- Share under 1818.5 percent
- Population 65 and over6,971
- Share 65 and over26.2 percent
- Households8,464
- Family households6,839
- Share of households that are families80.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Paramus
Income and work in Paramus
- Median household income$144,349
- Per capita income$58,552
- Civilian labor force13,348
- Employed12,318
- Unemployed1,030 plus or minus 256
- Unemployment rate7.7 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over19,542
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher51.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree19.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Paramus
- Housing units8,813
- Occupied units8,464
- Vacant units349 plus or minus 153
- Vacancy rate4.0 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied6,992
- Renter occupied1,472 plus or minus 301
- Ownership rate82.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$813,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$3,032
- Annual rent as a share of median income25.2 percent
- Single family units7,927
- Share single family89.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more872 plus or minus 245
- Share in buildings of two or more9.9 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 20
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Paramus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute9,452
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,130
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.5 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,932
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.6 percent
- Drove alone62.6 percent
- Carpooled6.0 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport7.9 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home21.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Paramus (7(a))
- Approvals71
- Gross approval$31,287,700
- Average approval$440,672
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,075,000
- Largest approval$2,700,000
- Jobs supported649
- Jobs per approval9.1
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full11
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.6 percent
- Share to franchises29.6 percent
- Distinct lenders31
- Distinct industries by NAICS52
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Paramus (504)
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$13,656,000
- Average approval$1,707,000
- Median approval$2,250,000
- Largest approval$2,577,000
- Jobs supported100
- 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 Paramus
Bergen County context, not Paramus 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 Paramus 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 Paramus. 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
Paramus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Paramus, New Jersey?
26,568, in 8,464 households. Paramus borough covers 10.44 square miles of land, which is 2,544 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Paramus 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 Paramus?
$144,349. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $813,900. Median gross rent is $3,032 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Paramus businesses?
71 7(a) approvals totalling $31.3 m, across 31 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 8 504 approvals worth $13.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Paramus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Paramus borrowers get paid back?
Of the 12 loans that have reached a final outcome, 11 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 8.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Paramus 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 Paramus.
Is zoning published for Paramus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.