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A town of 5,384, settled in 1900. Public schools that outperform most of New Jersey.
Trash & recyclingFew places in the country grade higher. Englewood Cliffs earns an A, 53rd of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. Its schools score near the top of New Jersey on tests and graduation, residents are healthier than 96% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates, and the median household earns $231K. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.8 million, 18.1 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 75% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Englewood Cliffs, above both the New Jersey town median (45%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Only 16 of New Jersey’s 530 towns score higher on hazard risk. Van Gelder Studio and Home is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Englewood Cliffs beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| North Cliff School | PK–2 | 149 |
| Japanese Children's Society | PK–6 | 123 |
| Upper School | 3–8 | 264 |
Where Englewood Cliffs’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 Englewood Cliffs is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 218 in 1900, 5,342 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 4 maps from 1897 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Englewood Cliffs. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaYankee Stadium
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw7 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 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 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
Who provides power, water and the rest in Englewood Cliffs, 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 Cliffs.
Englewood Cliffs carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of New Jersey (mostly inland flooding), has schools in the top 5% of New Jersey and draws workers from New York City and beyond.
At 18.1 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.8M) costs more against local pay than in 99% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Tenafly is next at $1.32M.
The median rent in Englewood Cliffs is $3,501 a month. Typical home values rose 9.5% in the year to September 2026. 84% of Englewood Cliffs households own their home.
| Englewood Cliffs | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,501 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 84% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A+ ranks #1 of the 465 New Jersey towns we grade for schools. Its A+ is the best School Grade on its borders; Tenafly (A) is next.
Its public schools are run by the Englewood Cliffs School District. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 3–8 | Grades 3–8 | 264 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
6.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Englewood Cliffs’ trail density is 2.0 miles per square mile. Only 3 of the 437 New Jersey towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Englewood Cliffs.
| Englewood Cliffs | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 2.0 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Palisades Interstate Park | 5.3 mi | 221 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with New Jersey is tooth loss: 3.9% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.6% statewide. Against the 588 U.S. towns with household incomes like Englewood Cliffs’s, it is less healthy than 71%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
19% of adults have obesity in Englewood Cliffs. Only 1 of the 468 New Jersey towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Englewood Cliffs. 35% of adults have high blood pressure in Englewood Cliffs.
| Englewood Cliffs | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 23% |
| What stands out | Englewood Cliffs | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.9% | 9.6% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3% | 7% |
| More adults with high cholesterol | 46.2% | 39.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
10,962 jobs are based in Englewood Cliffs, 4.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 31% of working residents cross a state line to work.
Most working residents leave Englewood Cliffs for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Englewood Cliffs grew to 10,962 in 2023, 2,631 more than in 2013. The top destinations are New York (38%), Fort Lee (4%) and Jersey City (2%).
| Englewood Cliffs | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $231,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 24% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of New Jersey towns, with expected losses of about $344 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1980, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Englewood Cliffs.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Englewood Cliffs has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 24° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 13.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 55% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
108 within 15 miles of the center of Englewood Cliffs
About 4 of every 100 Englewood Cliffs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Borough in New Jersey, United States
Englewood Cliffs 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 5,342, an increase of 61 (+1.2%) from the 2010 census count of 5,281, which in turn reflected a decline of 41 (-0.8%) from the 5,322 counted in the 2000 census. The borough houses the world headquarters of CNBC (Versant), the North American headquarters of South Korean conglomerate LG Corp, and the American headquarters of global CPG conglomerate Unilever, and was home to both Ferrari and Maserati North America. The borough was formed in 1895, having seceded from Englewood Township, with William Outis Allison serving as the new municipality's fir…
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3 towns share a border with Englewood Cliffs.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Englewood Cliffs | #53 | A | D− | B | A+ | A+ |
| Englewood | #374 | C− | D− | C+ | C− | A− |
| Fort Lee | #160 | A− | D− | B | A− | A |
| Tenafly | #46 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
Tenafly reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Englewood Cliffs with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Englewood Cliffs grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #53 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health, B for safety and A+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. The public schools Englewood Cliffs children attend outperform 100% of New Jersey districts on state tests and graduation, an A+ School Grade.
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−.
2 notable people were born here, including Lee Conklin and Rob Kaminsky.
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