Bernardsville

About Bernardsville

Bernardsville () is the northernmost borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Situated within the heart of the Raritan Valley and Somerset Hills regions, the borough is an historic and wealthy bedroom community of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 7,893, an increase of 186 (+2.4%) from the 2010 census count of 7,707, which in turn had reflected an increase of 362 (+4.9%) from the 7,345 counted at the 2000 census. Bernardsville is often mispronounced as "Ber-NARDS-ville" as opposed to the correct pronunciation, "BER-nards-ville".

Bernardsville was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 6, 1924, from portions of Bernards Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 29, 1924. The borough was named for Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, who served as governor of the Province of New Jersey before the Revolutionary War. In 2009, part of the borough was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Olcott Avenue Historic District.

In 2000, Bernardsville had the 10th-highest per capita income in New Jersey. Based on data from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, the borough had a per-capita income of $70,141, ranked 27th in the state. In 2019, the borough was ranked by Bloomberg News as 64th of 100 on its 2019 list of Bloomberg Richest Places, one of 18 in the state included on the list.

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Living in Bernardsville

Median household income

$236,115

Median home value

$793,800

Median rent

$2,297/mo

Median age

40

Map of Bernardsville

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Bernardsville, NJ population

Bernardsville had 7,893 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Bernardsville at a glance

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Towns near Bernardsville

• Basking Ridge2.5 mi SE
• Mendham2.6 mi N
• Far Hills3.1 mi SW
• Peapack and Gladstone3.6 mi SW
• Bernards3.9 mi S
• Lyons4.1 mi SE
• Brookside4.7 mi N
• Liberty Corner4.7 mi S
• Harding5.1 mi E
• The Hills5.5 mi S
• Millington5.6 mi SE
• New Vernon5.9 mi E

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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