Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town, settled in 1858, counts 4,313 residents.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Health is its strong suit (A+). Schools are another plus (A+): its schools outperform 98% of the state's. The catch is cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $1.4 million, 14.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Overall, that makes an A+, good for 31st of 466 in New Jersey. Set against the rest, it does better than 96% of U.S. towns. Ho-Ho-Kus has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Ackerman-Demarest House and Terhune-Hopper House. 83% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, above both the New Jersey town median (45%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%).
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Ho-Ho-Kus beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Ho-Ho-Kus | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.6% | 14.3% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Ho-Ho-Kus Public School | PK–8 | 573 |
Where Ho-Ho-Kus’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 Ho-Ho-Kus is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hermitage, The is a National Historic Landmark, the National Register’s top tier.
Census counts: 316 in 1900, 4,258 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1790.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ho-Ho-Kus. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw17 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw17 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw15 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 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ho-Ho-Kus, 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 Ho-Ho-Kus.
Ho-Ho-Kus has schools in the top 5% of New Jersey and has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
At 14.4 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.42M) costs more against local pay than in 98% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
In Ho-Ho-Kus, 93% of households are owner-occupiers. Values rose 14% in the 12 months to September 2026. On the market here: a median 50 days to sell.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
That grade ranks #3 of the 465 New Jersey towns we grade for schools. It comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.42M.
Its one school is below. The Ho-Ho-Kus School District runs its public schools. 573 students attend the town’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ho-Ho-Kus Public SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 573 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 4.6% of its 3,099 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
Ho-Ho-Kus: 15% of adults have been diagnosed with depression. Among 468 New Jersey towns, just 5 have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Ho-Ho-Kus. Of 32 CDC measures, Ho-Ho-Kus beats the New Jersey average on 21 and trails it on 1.
| Ho-Ho-Kus | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 5.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Ho-Ho-Kus | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.6% | 14.3% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.4% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The concentration of trails for Ho-Ho-Kus comes to 0.9 miles per square mile. Trails run 1.5 miles in 2 parks and preserves.
| Ho-Ho-Kus | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.9% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hohokus Brook Ravine | — | 9 |
| 2. Brookside Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Since 1983, Ho-Ho-Kus has seen 38 flood insurance claims paid out. Ho-Ho-Kus’ risk rating from FEMA is 79 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 88% come from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
33.8% of workers work from home, against 16.8% across New Jersey.
Just 6% of Ho-Ho-Kus’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in Ho-Ho-Kus grew to 1,085 in 2023, 156 more than in 2013. The average trip to work here is 34 minutes. The top destinations are New York (18%), Ridgewood (4%) and Paramus (4%).
| Ho-Ho-Kus | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $250,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For Ho-Ho-Kus, the level of property crime is 1.4 per 1,000 residents. Ho-Ho-Kus's reported crime rate is well below New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. No violent crimes were reported in 2025.
| Ho-Ho-Kus | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.4 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
52 within 15 miles of the center of Ho-Ho-Kus
About 7 of every 100 Ho-Ho-Kus residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
5 places in Ho-Ho-Kus on the National Register of Historic Places.
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Ho-Ho-Kus (English pronunciation: /hoʊˈhoʊkəs/ ) 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 4,258, an increase of 180 (+4.4%) from the 2010 census count of 4,078, which in turn reflected an increase of 18 (+0.4%) from the 4,060 counted in the 2000 census. The borough is the home of several historical landmarks, including the Ho-Ho-Kus Inn and The Hermitage. Ho-Ho-Kus was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on October 12, 1908, from what had originally been the borough of Orvil, which was in turn created on March 8, 1905, from portions of Orvil Township. As of the 2000 census,…
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4 towns share a border with Ho-Ho-Kus.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ho-Ho-Kus | #31 | A+ | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Ridgewood | #42 | A+ | D− | A− | A | A+ |
| Washington Township | #82 | A | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Waldwick | #22 | A+ | D | A+ | B+ | A+ |
| Saddle River | #145 | A− | D− | A− | A+ | A+ |
Ho-Ho-Kus and Washington Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Ho-Ho-Kus with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Ho-Ho-Kus grades A+ overall, better than 96% of U.S. towns and #31 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A+ for health 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.
2 notable people were born here, including Doug Cook and Richard Chilton.
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