Paramus is a city of 26,568 people in New Jersey. The median age is 49.1, about 10 years above the US median. The typical home is worth $813,900, having roughly tripled since 2000. Renters pay $3,032 a month at the median. This is an unusually credentialed place: 52% of adults have a four-year degree. That puts it in the top 2% of US cities for household income.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $144,349, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 49.1
US median: 38.9
More educated
52% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 56%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Paramus
What changed most since 1990
White share85.6% → 54.1%(−31.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Asian share10.5% → 25.7%(+15.1 pts)US over the same years: +3.1 pts
Homes owned by their occupants90.7% → 82.6%(−8.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Paramus's population equals 2.8% of Bergen County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)12.4%(94)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.9%(75)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era54.9%(417)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War11.8%(90)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II4.9%(37)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 760 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Paramus, decade by decade
Paramus population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
25,101
$141,592
$588,497
31.2%
31.9
2000
25,737
$140,118
$521,540
38.7%
49.7
2010
26,342
$151,030
$855,374
46.3%
62.2
2020
26,698
$157,896
$745,283
48.3%
72.6
2024
26,568
$144,349
$813,900
51.8%
77.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
