I moved to Leonia when I was three years old. I have no memory of living anywhere else first.
This is the town where I learned to ride a bike, walked to school, and figured out how a small borough actually works.
After high school I left. College, career, the usual path. I lived in other places for a while. In 2012 I came back, with my wife and our three daughters. We raised all three of them here.
What makes a real estate agent a Leonia specialist? Living here, and having the closing record to show for it.
Leonia is a small, dense borough with unusually good access to Manhattan. The borough sits in southeastern Bergen County between Fort Lee and Englewood. The U.S. Census Bureau puts the population at 9,441 as of July 1, 2025, across 1.52 square miles.
The commute is the structural feature. The George Washington Bridge is roughly ten minutes away. NJ Transit bus 166 runs from Broad Avenue to the Port Authority. The Edgewater ferry terminal is about a five minute drive.
Per NJMLS records, I have closed 35 Leonia transactions. The days on market tell you more than the dollar figures do. Half of these homes closed inside two and a half weeks. The median was 17 days on market.