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The everyday basics are strong; the price of a home is the catch. Its best grade is for health (A+). At A+ overall, Oradell ranks 1st of 466 in New Jersey. Nationally, it does better than almost every U.S. town. It also does well on safety — it reports less crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns. What counts against it is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.0 million, 10.2 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. The town has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Oradell Station and Van Buskirk-Oakley House. 72% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in the town, where New Jersey’s towns sit at 45% and U.S. towns at 29%.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · FBI crime data, 2025 · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
Where Oradell beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Oradell | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.8% | 14.3% |
Where Oradell’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 Oradell is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 746 in 1900, 8,244 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1909 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oradell. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw14 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw13 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw10 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 Oradell, 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 Oradell.
Oradell 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 10.2 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.01M) costs more against local pay than in 89% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to that grade.
Homes in Oradell are typically worth about $1,013,000, up 10.5% in a year, 76% above the New Jersey typical home. Its midpoint rent comes in at $2,305 a month. The share of renter households in Oradell who spend 30% or more of their income on rent: 33%.
| Oradell | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,305 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 33% | 52% | 48% |
| Households that own their home | 91% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A ranks #16 of the 465 New Jersey towns we grade for schools. Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.01M.
The largest public high school is River Dell Regional High School, with 1,025 students. The public schools here belong to the River Dell Regional School District. Below: Two of its 4 schools, each with why it was picked.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oradell Public SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 809 | A |
| River Dell Regional High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,025 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 5.8% of its 6,295 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide.
Nearly one in ten adults report frequent physical distress in Oradell. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Oradell is ahead of New Jersey on 20 and behind on 1.
| Oradell | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 28% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.3% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Oradell | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.8% | 14.3% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.1% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Oradell is 1.7 per 1,000 residents. No violent crime was reported here.
| Oradell | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.7 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
For Oradell, the concentration of trails is 1.0 miles per square mile. Trails run 2.7 miles in 3 parks and preserves.
| Oradell | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.0 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 8.4% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Van Buskirk Island County Park | — | 19 |
| 2. Memorial Field | — | 10 |
| 3. Rossi Memorial Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
36.6% of workers work from home, against 16.8% across New Jersey.
Oradell: 3.6% of residents live below the poverty line. Most working residents leave Oradell for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Oradell has lost 445 jobs, to 2,527 in 2023. Its typical household income comes in at $221,000.
| Oradell | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $221,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 23°, with about 33 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The risk rating from FEMA for Oradell comes to 39 of 100. Flood insurance has paid out on 28 claims here since 1979. FEMA puts 72% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to earthquakes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
83 within 15 miles of the center of Oradell
About 6 of every 100 Oradell residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
6 places in Oradell on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Oradell.
Borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Oradell 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 8,244, an increase of 266 (+3.3%) from the 2010 census count of 7,978, which in turn reflected a decline of 69 (-0.9%) from the 8,047 counted in the 2000 census. The borough includes a dam on the Hackensack River that forms the Oradell Reservoir. Oradell is a suburb of New York City, located approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan. Oradell was originally formed on March 8, 1894, as the borough of Delford, from portions of Harrington Township, Midland Township (now Rochelle Park) and Palisades Township. The borough was formed during t…
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5 towns share a border with Oradell.
At #1 in NJ, it grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Emerson (A+) comes closest.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oradell | #1 | A+ | D | A+ | A | A+ |
| New Milford | #67 | A | D | A | A− | A |
| Emerson | #19 | A+ | D | A+ | B+ | A+ |
| Haworth | #23 | A+ | D | — | A | A+ |
| Paramus | #293 | B− | D− | C− | B+ | A |
| River Edge | #33 | A+ | D | A− | A | A+ |
Haworth reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Oradell with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Oradell grades A+ overall, among the top 2% of U.S. towns and #1 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.
8 notable people were born here, including Nelson Riddle and Frank Saul.
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