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Because it does well by almost any measure. Harrington Park earns an A+, ranked 4th of 466 in New Jersey. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates, crime is low: it reports less per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, and the median household earns $180K. The exception is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.0 million, 10.1 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 73% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Harrington Park, above both the New Jersey town median (45%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Harrington Park is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns.
Where Harrington Park beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Harrington Park | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 11.3% |
Where Harrington Park’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 Harrington Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 269 in 1900, 4,741 in 2020. The archive holds 16 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 Harrington Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw15 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw16 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw12 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 Harrington Park, 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 Harrington Park.
Harrington Park sends many workers across the state line and has less no health insurance than most of New Jersey, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
At 10.1 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.01M) costs more against local pay than in 88% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
92% of households own their home in Harrington Park. Typical home values rose 7.4% in the year to September 2026. Harrington Park’s median rent is $1,414 a month.
| Harrington Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,414 a month | $1,780 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.01M.
Its public schools are run by the Harrington Park School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrington Park SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 627 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New Jersey is no health insurance: 5.1% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 11.3% statewide.
Harrington Park beats the New Jersey average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 23% of Harrington Park adults have obesity.
| Harrington Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 28% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.7% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Harrington Park | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.1% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.5% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Harrington Park is 1.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Harrington Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 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
1.9 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beechwood Park | 0.1 mi | 9 |
| 2. George Street Park | 0.1 mi | 5 |
| 3. Donald T. Horsey Centennial Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
22% of working residents cross a state line to work. Harrington Park has 445 jobs for its 2,347 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Harrington Park for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Harrington Park fell to 445 in 2023, 622 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are New York (26%), Englewood (3%) and Hackensack (3%).
| Harrington Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $181,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 20% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Harrington Park has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
63 within 15 miles of the center of Harrington Park
About 4 of every 100 Harrington Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
4 places in Harrington Park on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Harrington Park.
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Harrington Park 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 4,741, an increase of 77 (+1.7%) from the 2010 census count of 4,664, which in turn reflected a decrease of 76 (−1.6%) from the 4,740 counted in the 2000 census. Harrington Park was formed on March 29, 1904, from portions of Harrington Township and Washington Township, and parts of the borough of Closter. The name Harrington Park was based on the larger Harrington Township from which it was in part derived, which in turn was based on the Harring family, early settlers to the region.
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5 towns share a border with Harrington Park.
At #4 in NJ, it grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; River Vale Township (A+) comes closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrington Park | #4 | A+ | D | A+ | A | A+ |
| Closter | #58 | A | D− | B+ | A | A+ |
| River Vale Township | #6 | A+ | C− | A+ | A− | A+ |
| Norwood | #64 | A | D− | — | A | A+ |
| Emerson | #19 | A+ | D | A+ | B+ | A+ |
| Old Tappan | #7 | A+ | D− | A | A | A+ |
Norwood reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Harrington Park with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Harrington Park grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #4 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.
6 notable people were born here, including Jimmy Lydon and Jon Rudnitsky.
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