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Homes are expensive, about $619K for a typical one and 6.2 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Overall it grades B−, 267th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It is healthier than 89% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $110K. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 73% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Rochelle Park Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 95% of U.S. towns. Rochelle Park Township’s trail density is 1.3 miles per square mile, above both New Jersey’s towns (0.7) and U.S. towns (0.4). Cornelius Demarest House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Rochelle Park Township beats most towns.
Where Rochelle Park Township’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 Rochelle Park Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 3%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,591 in 1880, 5,814 in 2020. The archive holds 15 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Rochelle Park Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw11 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw11 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 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, 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 Rochelle Park Township, 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 Rochelle Park Township.
Rochelle Park Township draws workers from Paterson and beyond, is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey.
The biggest place to walk is Saddle River County Park, 83 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. 3 parks and preserves cover 89 acres in Rochelle Park Township.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saddle River County Park | 1.1 mi | 83 |
| 2. Carlock Field | 0.1 mi | 4 |
| 3. Matthews Field | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Each of its 5 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its B−, Fair Lawn highest at A.
Its public schools are run by the Rochelle Park School District. Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list. Enrollment at Rochelle Park Township’s public school: 458 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland School #1Largest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 458 | B− |
| Sage Day at Rochelle Park PrivateLargest high schoolGrades 5–12 | Grades 5–12 | 119 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
4,327 jobs are based in Rochelle Park Township, 1.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Among residents locally, 5.4% live below the poverty line. Rochelle Park Township: 11% of workers work from home, against 17% in New Jersey’s towns and 11% across U.S. towns. The top destinations are New York (17%), Paramus (6%) and Hackensack (5%). For Rochelle Park Township, the typical journey to work is 27 minutes.
| Rochelle Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 11% | 17% | 11% |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.4% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 55% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
In Rochelle Park Township, 14% of adults report frequent mental distress. This New Jersey town beats the New Jersey average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Among adults locally, 26% have obesity and 9.1% smoke cigarettes.
| Rochelle Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 28% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 11% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Rochelle Park Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.3% | 7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11% | 14.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
838 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 172 properties have flooded more than once.
Flood insurance has paid out on 838 claims in Rochelle Park Township since 1979. FEMA puts 79% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 8% to earthquakes. Federal aid has come to Rochelle Park Township households in 11 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 23°, with about 28 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
For residents in Rochelle Park Township, the share who are under 18 is 16%. Children under 18 are 16% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 23% of residents (17% statewide). Population is up 2.7% locally since 2020, to 5,972 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The midpoint age locally is 46.5 years.
| Rochelle Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 46.5 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 45% | 29% |
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.6 points). Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Rochelle Park Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.7% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.3% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.4% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.3% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.3% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.7% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.3% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 39% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.7% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
78.5% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.6% across New Jersey.
Typical home values rose 6% in the year to September 2026. The going rate for rent for Rochelle Park Township comes to $1,819 a month. 77% of Rochelle Park Township households live in a home they own.
| Rochelle Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,819 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
At 17.4 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 65% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 90 to 71 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Rochelle Park Township’s violent crime rate is 0.3 per 1,000 residents. In Rochelle Park Township, the property crime rate is 11.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Rochelle Park Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 11.4 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
103 within 15 miles of the center of Rochelle Park Township
About 6 of every 100 Rochelle Park Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Township in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Rochelle Park is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 5,814, an increase of 284 (+5.1%) from the 2010 census count of 5,530, which in turn reflected an increase of two people (+0.0%) from the 5,528 counted in the 2000 census. What is now Rochelle Park was originally incorporated as Midland Township on March 7, 1871, from portions of New Barbadoes Township. Portions of the township were taken to form the boroughs of Delford (on March 8, 1894; now Oradell), Maywood (June 30, 1894), Riverside (also June 30, 1894; now River Edge) and Paramus (March 2, 1922). Rochelle Park was formed as a township by an a…
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5 towns share a border with Rochelle Park Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochelle Park Township | #267 | B− | D− | B− | B− | A |
| Saddle Brook Township | #191 | B+ | D | B | B | A |
| Paramus | #293 | B− | D− | C− | B+ | A |
| Maywood | #140 | A− | D | B | A− | A |
| Lodi | #313 | C+ | D | B− | B+ | B |
| Fair Lawn | #98 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
Fair Lawn reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Rochelle Park Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Rochelle Park Township grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #267 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, B− for safety and B− 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−.
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