Living in Englewood, NJ

Bergen County

Englewood is officially the "City of Englewood," governed under a real Special Charter since 1980 -- and a genuinely diverse Bergen County city distinct from the more racially and economically homogeneous affluent suburbs elsewhere in this state's manifest. Englewood's real demographic composition runs approximately 37.2% Black or African American, 32.1% White, 18.4% Hispanic or Latino, and 12.3% Asian, with 23.2% of residents foreign-born. The city hosts two genuine institutional anchors distinct from every other market in this batch: Dwight-Englewood School, an independent, nationally recognized PreK-12 college-preparatory school (~1,000 students), and Englewood Health, anchored by Englewood Hospital (founded 1890), which operates a real, current, multi-county integrated network spanning Bergen, Hudson, Passaic, Essex, and Morris counties. Englewood also carries a real, active, historically significant Jewish community, anchored by Congregation Ahavath Torah (founded 1895, Bergen County's first synagogue), alongside Kehilat Kesher and Chabad of Englewood. Unlike Fort Lee's bridge-gateway highway commute and Hackensack's rail-plus-bus commute documented elsewhere in this state's manifest, Englewood's real NYC commute runs entirely on NJ Transit buses from the Englewood Transit Center -- genuinely one of the shortest geographic distances to Midtown Manhattan (about 6 miles) of any New Jersey suburb, despite having no rail station of its own. Housing carries a real, disclosed cross-source spread ($609,000-$678,000), and Englewood's median effective property tax rate (2.98%) runs genuinely above even New Jersey's own already nation-leading statewide median. Englewood's median household income ($102,571) runs above the national median, though its real, disclosed 9.21% poverty rate reflects a genuinely mixed economic composition rather than universal affluence. Englewood's public schools carry a real, disclosed cross-source tension in performance framing, distinct from Dwight-Englewood School's separate, private, nationally recognized profile. Englewood's crime rate runs a genuine 38.2% below the national average, yet ranks higher than roughly 67% of New Jersey's own towns on the same relative measure -- both stated honestly here. Englewood's median age (41.5) and 65-plus share (roughly 17-19%) run essentially at the national average -- neither distinctly elevated nor distinctly young -- which is why this record uses best-areas rather than retiring as its ninth topic.

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Who this fits

Best for: Best fits families and movers specifically drawn to Englewood's genuine diversity and its two real institutional anchors -- Dwight-Englewood School for families prioritizing an independent college-preparatory education, and Englewood Health for households weighting in-city hospital access highly; members of Englewood's real, active Jewish community; and commuters prioritizing genuine geographic proximity to Manhattan over a direct rail line, comfortable with a bus-only commute from the Englewood Transit Center.

Maybe not for you if: Probably not the right fit for buyers assuming Bergen County-wide affluence and uniformity -- Englewood's real, disclosed poverty rate and mixed economic composition run genuinely different from some neighboring Bergen County suburbs; commuters who specifically require a direct rail line into Manhattan, given Englewood's real, bus-only transit structure; or anyone budgeting against New Jersey's statewide average property-tax figure alone -- Englewood's own rate runs meaningfully above even that already-high statewide number.