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River Edge borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
River Edge borough is a Census borough of 12,091 people across 1.83 square miles of land, in Bergen County. Median household income is $159,028, 76.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.0 m.
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River Edge
What River Edge is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.83 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,598
- 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 River Edge
- Population12,091
- Median age43.6
- Population under 182,615
- Share under 1821.6 percent
- Population 65 and over2,006
- Share 65 and over16.6 percent
- Households4,503
- Family households3,560
- Share of households that are families79.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in River Edge
- Median household income$159,028
- Per capita income$75,927
- Civilian labor force6,701
- Employed6,388
- Unemployed313 plus or minus 183
- Unemployment rate4.7 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over8,559
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher66.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree25.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in River Edge
- Housing units4,590
- Occupied units4,503
- Vacant units87 plus or minus 83
- Vacancy rate1.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied3,432
- Renter occupied1,071
- Ownership rate76.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$660,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,879
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.2 percent
- Single family units3,469
- Share single family75.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,100 plus or minus 253
- Share in buildings of two or more24.0 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Mobile homes21 plus or minus 24
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How River Edge gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,883
- Commuting under 15 minutes598 plus or minus 207
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,367
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.5 percent
- Drove alone58.2 percent
- Carpooled6.6 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Public transport12.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home21.4 percent plus or minus 6.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to River Edge borrowers
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$5,015,000
- Average approval$334,333
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,015,000
- Largest approval$1,030,000
- Jobs supported195
- Jobs per approval13.0
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full2
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.7 percent
- Share to franchises13.3 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Bergen County, not River Edge
Bergen County context, not River Edge 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 River Edge 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 River Edge. 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
River Edge questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in River Edge, New Jersey?
12,091, in 4,503 households. River Edge borough covers 1.83 square miles of land, which is 6,598 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is River Edge 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 River Edge?
$159,028. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $660,300. Median gross rent is $1,879 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to River Edge businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $5.0 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in River Edge, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to River Edge borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for River Edge. only 3 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 River Edge 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 River Edge.
Is zoning published for River Edge?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.