County profile
Bergen County, NJ
United States · GDP 2024
#56 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$105.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
441,870
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
31,818
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$79.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
977,026
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$124.9k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
53.1%±0.7%
Poverty rate
6.8%±0.3%
Business applications
18,711 · 2025
Retail establishments
3,491
35.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Becton, Dickinson and CompanyHealthcare$21.8B83B+2Versant Media Group, Inc. Class ACommunication Services$6.7B56C3Balchem CorpBasic Materials$1.0B84B+4Movado Group, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$671.3M70B5ADMA Biologics, Inc.Healthcare$510.2M85A6PowerFleet, Inc.Technology$443.8M59C7Atlantic International CorpIndustrials$435.9M34D8Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$316.6M——9Innodata Inc.Technology$251.7M81B+10Hudson Technologies, Inc.Basic Materials$246.6M72B11Alexander's, Inc.Real Estate$213.2M57C12Kid Brands, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$188.2M——13Mama's Creations, Inc.Consumer Defensive$171.7M68B14Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$148.9M77B+15Tingo Group, Inc.Technology$146.0M——16Nmb Financial CorpFinancial Services$59.2M53D17Champions Oncology, Inc.Healthcare$56.9M——18Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$52.7M66B19First Real Estate Investment Trust of New Jersey, Inc.Real Estate$29.3M51D20Pioneer PowIndustrials$27.6M45D21AmeriCrew Inc.Communication Services$9.9M——22Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp.Industrials$9.3M——23The Dewey Electronics CorporationIndustrials$6.5M——24WeedHire International, Inc.Technology$3.9M——25ADM Tronics Unlimited, Inc.Healthcare$3.2M——HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care29%
Retail trade19%
Wholesale trade16%
Food & accommodation14%
Manufacturing11%
Professional services11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
977,026
residents · 2025 · +2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $106.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−17,417
International migration+31,028
Natural change+9,052
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$83.3B2019
$81.7B2020
$88.8B2021
$95.5B2022
$101.8B2023
$105.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$623.0k±$4.3k
Median gross rent
$1.9k/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
3.9%±0.3%
Affordability
7.9× wages
Residential permits
$545.3M
2,970 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
97.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Coastal flooding 100Winter weather 99Strong wind 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
9052016
9312017
9622018
9832019
10072020
10852021
11972022
13052023
14342024
15312025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -26% since 20214,0232021
3,9532022
3,3952023
3,3292024
2,9702025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
NJT
Nearest port
14.6 km
WESTCHESTER COUNTY, YONKERS JOINT TREATMENT PLANT WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
12.2 km
TETERBORO
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR17 filings from 5 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$79.0k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bergen?
Bergen's economy produced $105.8B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.