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A town of 18,501, settled in 1894.
Few places in the country grade higher. Dumont earns an A+, ranked 35th of 466 in New Jersey. Residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, it reports less crime per resident than 94% of U.S. towns, and the median household earns $126K. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $673K, 6.8 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Dumont is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 96% of U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 52 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Dumont has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Derick Banta House and Daniel Demarest House.
Where Dumont beats most towns.
Where Dumont’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Dumont is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 7%), so the A+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 643 in 1900, 17,863 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 4 maps from 1897 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dumont. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw12 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw13 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw9 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumCentral Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Dumont, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Dumont.
Dumont sends many workers across the state line, has less tooth loss than most of New Jersey and has seen reported crime fall by about half.
Its widest gap with New Jersey is tooth loss: 5.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.6% statewide.
14% of Dumont adults have been diagnosed with depression, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 23%. 25% of Dumont adults have obesity. Dumont beats the New Jersey average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Dumont | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 28% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Dumont | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.5% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Dumont Public School District. Three of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Dumont High School, with 704 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honiss Elementary\Middle SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 624 | B |
| Dumont High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 704 | A− |
| Grant Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 432 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 81 to 41 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
Dumont’s property crime rate is 2 per 1,000 residents, below both New Jersey’s towns (7.5) and U.S. towns (9.9). Dumont’s violent crime rate is 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
| Dumont | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
22% of working residents cross a state line to work. Dumont has 2,254 jobs for its 9,084 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Dumont for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Dumont is 33 minutes. Since 2013, Dumont has added 296 jobs, to 2,254 in 2023.
| Dumont | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $126,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 12% | 17% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Dumont has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Typical home values rose 8.6% in the year to September 2026.
| Dumont | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,787 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 77% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 91 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Dumont.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New Jersey average. 50% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Dumont. Dumont has grown 3.7% since 2020, to 18,501 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Dumont | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 50% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.8 points). Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Dumont | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.3% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.4% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.2% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.8% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.2% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.3% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.9% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 32.8% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.5% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
| Dumont | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dumont Firefighters Park | — | 1 |
| 2. Dumont Arboretum | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
95 within 15 miles of the center of Dumont
About 6 of every 100 Dumont residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
4 places in Dumont on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Dumont.
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Dumont is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 17,863, an increase of 384 (+2.2%) from the 2010 census count of 17,479, which in turn reflected a decrease of 24 (−0.1%) from the 17,503 counted in the 2000 census. The borough was originally formed on July 20, 1891, as the Borough of Schraalenburgh from portions of Harrington Township and Palisades Township, based on the results of a referendum held the previous day. The borough was formed during the "Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. On March 7, 1898, portions of th…
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4 towns share a border with Dumont.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dumont | #35 | A+ | D | A | A− | A |
| Bergenfield | #109 | A | D | A+ | B | A |
| Cresskill | #86 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| New Milford | #67 | A | D | A | A− | A |
| Haworth | #23 | A+ | D | — | A | A+ |
Cresskill and Haworth report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Dumont with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Dumont grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #35 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, A for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
3 notable people were born here, including Michale Graves and Olivia Goldsmith.
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