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For most people who can afford it, yes. Saddle Brook Township grades B+ overall, ranked 191st of 466 in New Jersey. It is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. The median household earns $129K and it is healthier than 90% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $663K for a typical one and 6.7 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Saddle Brook Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 93% of U.S. towns. Saddle Brook Township’s median rent is $2,064 a month, against $1,778 a month in New Jersey’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Saddle River County Park, at 77 acres.
Where Saddle Brook Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,171 in 1810, a low of 823 in 1850, 14,294 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1876 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Saddle Brook Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 5%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Saddle Brook Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi GardenCentral 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 Saddle Brook 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 Saddle Brook Township.
Saddle Brook Township reports less crime than Rochelle Park Township or any other graded neighbor and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in New Jersey; it also has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Within New Jersey it is healthier than 57% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar. Against the 4,658 U.S. towns with household incomes like Saddle Brook Township’s, it is healthier than 73%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
27% of Saddle Brook Township adults have obesity. Saddle Brook Township beats the New Jersey average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 16% of Saddle Brook Township adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Saddle Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 28% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 9.7% | 12% |
| What stands out | Saddle Brook Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.4% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Saddle Brook School District. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Saddle Brook Middle/High School, with 806 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen I. Smith SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 340 | C |
| Saddle Brook Middle/High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 806 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
2.4 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Saddle Brook Township is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Saddle Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.4% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saddle River County Park - Otto Pehle Area | 1.4 mi | 32 |
| 2. Saddle River County Park | 0.9 mi | 77 |
| 3. Avon Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Saddle Brook Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 23° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its B tops all 3 graded towns on its borders; Rochelle Park Township (B−) comes closest. At 13.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 53% of New Jersey’s graded towns.
Saddle Brook Township’s violent crime rate is 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Saddle Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.2 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The average commute for its 7,283 working residents takes 24.4 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Saddle Brook Township for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Saddle Brook Township has added 1,762 jobs, to 10,590 in 2023. 4.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Saddle Brook Township.
| Saddle Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $129,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 15% | 17% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical home values rose 5.6% in the year to September 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
404 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 51 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 404 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Saddle Brook Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Children under 18 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Saddle Brook Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 45% | 29% |
| Median age | 43.6 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 18% | 18% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Saddle Brook Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.1% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.5% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.5% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.1% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.6% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.9% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.9% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.8% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.7% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.7% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.9% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
100 within 15 miles of the center of Saddle Brook Township
About 9 of every 100 Saddle Brook Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
5 notable people were born in Saddle Brook Township.
Township in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Saddle Brook 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 14,294, an increase of 635 (+4.6%) from the 2010 census count of 13,659, which in turn reflected an increase of 504 (+3.8%) from the 13,155 counted in the 2000 census.
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4 towns share a border with Saddle Brook Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Brook Township | #191 | B+ | D | B | B | A |
| Rochelle Park Township | #267 | B− | D− | B− | B− | A |
| Lodi | #313 | C+ | D | B− | B+ | B |
| Garfield | #382 | C− | D− | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Fair Lawn | #98 | A | D | — | A | A+ |
Fair Lawn reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Saddle Brook Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Saddle Brook Township grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #191 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.
5 notable people were born here, including Jim Capobianco and Steve Beauharnais.
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