The median home value in Emerson, NJ is $809,324 as of 2026-06-30, up 6.43% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$809,324
Year-over-Year
+6.43%
Population
7,402
Emerson ranks #48 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 31.7% above the state's city median of $614,590. It sits in Bergen County, where the county-wide median is $791,116.
Emerson police recorded a violent crime rate of 0 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 95 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Emerson is $809,324. That's up 6.43% from a year earlier. That is about 31.7% above the typical county in New Jersey.
Homes in Emerson are more expensive than Bergen County as a whole, where the median is $791,116 — a difference of about 2.3%.
Emerson police reported 0 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 7,402. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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