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$671.3M71B5ADMA Biologics, Inc.Healthcare$510.2M85A6PowerFleet, Inc.Technology$443.8M59C7Atlantic International CorpHealthcare$435.9M50D8Eagle 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$171.7M69B14Elite 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$27.6M44D21AmeriCrew Inc.Communication Services$9.9M——22Tel-Instrument Electronics Corp.Industrials$9.3M——23The Dewey Electronics CorporationIndustrials$6.5M68B24WeedHire 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 EDGAR52 filings from 17 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.