Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Englewood's standout: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 98% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades C−, 374th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 77% of the country and it has 5 miles of trail. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $629K for a typical one and 6.3 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Englewood has 8 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them John G. Benson House and Thomas Demarest House. Englewood’s going rate for rent is $1,977 a month, against $1,778 a month in New Jersey’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Mackay Park, at 28 acres.
Where Englewood beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Englewood is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 3%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 6,253 in 1900, 29,308 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1808 and 4 maps from 1897 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Englewood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw5 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw8 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw9 mi TheatreStudio 54Central 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 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Englewood, 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 Englewood.
Englewood sends many workers across the state line and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also reports more crime than Fort Lee and its other graded neighbors.
The density of trails in Englewood is 1.0 miles per square mile. This New Jersey town has 5 parks and preserves, 39 acres in all.
| Englewood | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.0 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.4% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mackay Park | — | 28 |
| 2. Denning Park | — | 6 |
| 3. Depot Square Park | 0.2 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Each of its 5 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its C−, Englewood Cliffs highest at A+.
Two of its 12 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. Its public schools are run by the Englewood Public School District. 3 public schools serve Englewood, with 1,239 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. John Grieco Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 1–3 | Grades 1–3 | 499 | – |
| Dwight Morrow High School/Academies@EnglewoodLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,083 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 65% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. All 5 graded neighbors score healthier than that grade, from Teaneck Township (A) to Tenafly (A+).
30% of adults have obesity in Englewood. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Englewood is ahead of New Jersey on 1 and behind on 7. Two figures for adults in the town: 42% sleep under 7 hours, 36% feel lonely.
| Englewood | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 36% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| What stands out | Englewood | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.3% | 7.5% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 15.6% | 12.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A winter brings about 33 inches of snow, with January nights at 24° and July afternoons at 87°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
24% of working residents cross a state line to work.
Jobs based in Englewood grew to 16,109 in 2023, 1,952 more than in 2013. Just just over a tenth of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Its typical journey to work stands at 31 minutes. The top destinations are New York (26%), Hackensack (3%) and Paramus (3%).
| Englewood | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 18% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
338 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 52 properties have flooded more than once.
Compared with 63% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Englewood is higher. Flood insurance has paid out on 338 claims here since 1979. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 79% come from inland flooding. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 11 declared disasters, most recently in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Each of the 4 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Fort Lee (B) to Leonia (A−). At 23.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 77% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
In Englewood, the violent crime rate is 2.3 per 1,000 residents. The town’s property crime rate comes in at 9.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Englewood | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 9.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
A home in Englewood typically sold within 70 days of listing. A typical home here is worth about $629,000, up 2.7% in a year, 9% above the New Jersey typical home. 55% of Englewood households are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The share of adults 25 and older in Englewood who hold a bachelor’s degree or more: 47%. Age groups here sit within 4 points of the New Jersey average. The town has grown 2.5% since 2020, to 30,035 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Englewood | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 21% | 22% |
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.2 points). Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Englewood | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.5% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.9% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.1% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.6% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.2% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.6% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.5% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
107 within 15 miles of the center of Englewood
About 6 of every 100 Englewood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
8 places in Englewood on the National Register of Historic Places.
50 notable people were born in Englewood.
City in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Englewood is a city in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. Englewood was incorporated as a city by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1899, from portions of Ridgefield Township and the remaining portions of Englewood Township. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 29,308, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 2,161 (+8.0%) from the 2010 census count of 27,147, which in turn reflected an increase of 944 (+3.6%) from the 26,203 counted in the 2000 census.
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5 towns share a border with Englewood.
All 5 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; Teaneck Township (B+) is closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englewood | #374 | C− | D− | C+ | C− | A− |
| Leonia | #99 | A | D− | A− | B+ | A+ |
| Teaneck Township | #201 | B+ | D | B+ | C+ | A |
| Englewood Cliffs | #53 | A | D− | B | A+ | A+ |
| Tenafly | #46 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Fort Lee | #160 | A− | D− | B | A− | A |
Tenafly reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Englewood with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Englewood grades C− overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #374 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A− for health, C+ for safety and C− 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−.
50 notable people were born here, including John Travolta and Ed Harris.
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