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Homes in Bergenfield
Bergenfield is mostly older single-family homes. About 70% of its roughly 9,500 housing units are single-family detached, and 13% are in two-family homes or three- to four-unit buildings (ACS 2020-2024, B25024). The median building dates to 1954. About 68% of units were built before 1960, and 19% before 1940 (B25035, B25034). About 71% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, and utility gas heats 77% of them (B25003, B25040).
The borough's Building Department is the local enforcing agency for building, plumbing and electrical subcodes. Fences, driveways, patios and sheds need a separate zoning permit. For homes built before 1978, anyone paid to do work that disturbs paint must be EPA lead-safe certified. In houses this old, ask contractors to price in updates to older wiring, plumbing and heating that may be found once walls are opened.
Flooding
Bergenfield has limited mapped flood risk. The county hazard mitigation plan puts 4.71% of the borough's land in the 1% annual-chance floodplain and 3.06% in the 0.2% floodplain. It lists 78 active NFIP policies and 171 total flood losses as of October 2024 (Bergen County HMP). No borough page on flooding was found. To check whether a specific address is in a Special Flood Hazard Area, use the FEMA Flood Map Service Center.
Permits in Bergenfield
Building, plumbing and electrical permits come from the Borough of Bergenfield construction office. Your contractor normally pulls the permit, but it's worth confirming.
- Office
- Bergenfield Building Department / Construction Code Office
- Phone
- (201) 387-4055 ext. 4
- Address
- Municipal Building, 198 N. Washington Avenue, 2nd Floor, Room 223, Bergenfield, NJ 07621
- Website
- bergenfieldnj.gov
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Sources
- bergencountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Table00_HistPopTo2020.pdf
- www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/rel2020/zcta520/tab20_zcta520_cousub20_natl.txt
- www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_cousubs_34.txt
- api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/latest?table_ids=B25035,B25003,B25040&geo_ids=06000US
- api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/latest?table_ids=B25024&geo_ids=06000US3400305170,060
- api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/latest?table_ids=B25034&geo_ids=06000US3400305170,060
- bergencountynj.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/04-Risk-Assessment.pdf
- bergencountynj.gov/bergen-county-department-of-public-safety/about-emergency-management/mu
- msc.fema.gov/portal/home
- epa.gov/lead/renovation-repair-and-painting-program
- bergenfieldnj.gov/departments/building-department/
- bergenfieldnj.gov/construction-code-office/
- bergenfieldnj.gov/
- bergenfieldnj.gov/departments/dpw-public-works/
- bergenfieldnj.gov/stormwater-management-information-keep-our-waterways-clean/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergenfield,_New_Jersey
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