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SheetNJ-NORTH-HALEDON-NJ · North Haledon, NJ 8,757 pop · income 91st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around North Haledon
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Haledon on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Coffeyville · lowest
41,901
Coffeyville · lowest
41,901 median HH income
27.3% of the leader · rank #1
Algonquin · near
131,753
Algonquin · near
131,753 median HH income
85.7% of the leader · rank #2
Ewa Gentry · near
131,755
Ewa Gentry · near
131,755 median HH income
85.7% of the leader · rank #3
Loudonville · near
131,806
Loudonville · near
131,806 median HH income
85.7% of the leader · rank #4
North Haledon · this city
131,810
North Haledon · this city
131,810 median HH income
85.7% of the leader · rank #5
Country Knolls · near
131,813
Country Knolls · near
131,813 median HH income
85.7% of the leader · rank #6
Whippany · highest
153,725
Whippany · highest
153,725 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for North Haledon on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 8,757.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
North Haledon - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, North Haledon places in the 91st percentile for household income and the 91st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
91st
percentile, household income
86th
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
91st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: North Haledon, NJ
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 8,757 residents in North Haledon, a small town within New Jersey. The typical household in North Haledon brings in $131,810 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 1.3%. North Haledon's housing stock carries a median value of $517,200, and the median resident age is 46.0 years. 39.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 3 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Stable), up 0% from five years earlier. North Haledon reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 343.6 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, New Jersey scores 108.8 (Well Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,132 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New Jersey run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for North Haledon workers runs 27.6 minutes, with 68.3% driving alone and 15.4% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of North Haledon's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility to reported crime to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North Haledon, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for North Haledon?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 39.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for North Haledon?
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Madison Park (8,798 residents, $76,396 income); Boonton (8,803 residents, $100,417 income); White Meadow Lake (8,706 residents, $150,042 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Franklin, NH (8,757 residents); Graham, TX (8,758 residents); Coffeyville, KS (8,752 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
How far does income reach against housing in North Haledon?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What does the journey to work look like in North Haledon?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 27.6 minutes.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in North Haledon?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 343.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 85% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
286.3
Violent rate
57.3
Total reported rate
343.6
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Is North Haledon growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +180 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+2.0%
2025 estimate
9,089
2020 estimate
8,909
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
Top-decile income · poverty 1.3% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
108.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average
B
City profile score · North Haledon, NJ
70/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$131,810
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
1.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime A-
57 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B
39.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
North Haledon profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 91/100 (A+) · $131,810
Poverty rate: 91/100 (A+) · 1.3%
Violent crime: 82/100 (A-) · 57 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 74/100 (B) · 39.2%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
Where North Haledon sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
North Haledon's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - North Haledon highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
North Haledon, NJ (this city): home $517,200, crime 344/100k
Franklin, NH : home $243,800, crime 1,352/100k
Graham, TX : home $173,000, crime 791/100k
Coffeyville, KS : home $55,600, crime 3,132/100k
Altoona, WI : home $220,900, crime 1,839/100k
Milton, WA : home $511,000, crime 3,015/100k
Toppenish, WA : home $214,200, crime 4,562/100k
Boonton, NJ : home $475,300, crime 909/100k
Audubon, NJ : home $288,500, crime 3,703/100k
Pitman, NJ : home $258,400, crime 308/100k
How does North Haledon compare to other US cities?
Where North Haledon sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income91% higher than other cities
Home value86% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
Safety91% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at New Jersey, North Haledon ranks #29 of 238 New Jersey cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares North Haledon against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places North Haledon near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Haledon ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Haledon only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#181 of 659
73rd percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#204 of 672
70th percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#480 of 680
28th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#374 of 686
45th percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
91st percentile nationally for median household income · 91st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
North Haledon's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
North Haledon's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How North Haledon's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$517,20014th percentilemore affordable than 14% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
North Haledon's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,471 of 15,516
More affordable than 33% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,215 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.9×, North Haledon sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,471 of 15,516 and #8,215 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$131,810North Haledon, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Haledon, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for North Haledon, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)39.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,757
Median Income
$131,810
Median Home Value
$517,200
Median Age
46.0
Poverty Rate
1.3%
Labor force participation
59.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
39.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
343.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
57.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
286.3
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
North Haledon's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,909 residents
2021
8,711 residents
2022
8,715 residents
2023
8,970 residents
2024
9,086 residents
2025
9,089 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Stable
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
3
3
0
$1.1M
2020
180
0
180
$4.0M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
1
1
0
$0.8M
2023
2
2
0
$1.7M
2024
3
3
0
$2.5M
Permit volume increased 0% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
27.6 minutes
Drive Alone
68.3%
Carpool
8.0%
Public Transit
5.0%
Walk
1.7%
Work from Home
15.4%
Other
1.6%
Based on 4,281 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for North Haledon. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around North Haledon is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county North Haledon sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Haledon compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.