Alpine is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located 15 miles north of Midtown Manhattan. Alpine is the easternmost community in the state of New Jersey.As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 1,849, reflecting a decline of 334 from the 2,183 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 467 from the 1,716 counted in the 1990 Census.In 2012, Forbes ranked Alpine as America's most expensive ZIP code with a median home price of $4.25 million, after being ranked 4th in the magazine's 2010 listing of "America's Most Expensive ZIP Codes", with a median home price of $3,814,885. In 2009, Forbes ranked Alpine first, along with Greenwich, Connecticut, with a median home price of $4.14 million. Alpine was tied with Greenwich for first in both 2006 and 2007 on the ABC News list of most expensive ZIP codes, with a median home sale price of $3.4 million.