Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,755, settled in 1935.
Homes are expensive, about $699K for a typical one and 7 times the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Overall it grades C−, 377th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 96% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is safety: its crime rate is higher than 88% of U.S. towns, with 10 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025. On the outdoors, just 13 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. 1.1% of the land in South Hackensack Township is conserved, against 11% in New Jersey’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. On history, just 27 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse.
Where South Hackensack Township beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Memorial School | PK–8 | 222 |
Coastal flooding makes up 51% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far South Hackensack Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for walkability (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 2%), so the C− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 229 in 1900, 2,701 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 8 maps from 1888 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around South Hackensack Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw7 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw4 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw8 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw7 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw7 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 South Hackensack 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 South Hackensack Township.
South Hackensack Township draws workers from New York City and beyond and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey; it also reports more crime than Hackensack and its other graded neighbors.
5,845 jobs are based in South Hackensack Township, 4.5 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. The average commute takes 21.2 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
At 21 minutes, South Hackensack Township’s average trip to work is where New Jersey’s towns sit at 30 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 14% of South Hackensack Township residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in South Hackensack Township grew to 5,845 in 2023, 1,138 more than in 2013.
| South Hackensack Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the South Hackensack School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 222 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests
Each of the 5 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Hackensack (C) to Moonachie (B+). Reported crimes fell from 125 to 69 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in South Hackensack Township is 21.3 per 1,000 residents. South Hackensack Township reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 88% report less. The violent crime rate in South Hackensack Township is 3.6 per 1,000 residents.
| South Hackensack Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 21.3 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 45 flood insurance claims have been paid out in South Hackensack Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
74% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.6% across New Jersey.
50% of households own their home in South Hackensack Township. Typical home values rose 4.8% in the year to September 2026. South Hackensack Township’s median rent is $1,924 a month.
| South Hackensack Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 50% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,924 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
South Hackensack Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 24° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 79% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
South Hackensack Township beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| South Hackensack Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 32% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | South Hackensack Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 17.1% | 11.3% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 16.1% | 12.3% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 18.3% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest park or preserve is Richard P. Kane Natural Area, at 31 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Richard P. Kane Natural Area | — | 31 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
107 within 15 miles of the center of South Hackensack Township
About 5 of every 100 South Hackensack Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
2,378 counted in 2010 and 2,701 in 2020; an estimated 2,755 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Township in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
South Hackensack 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 2,701, an increase of 323 (+13.6%) from the 2010 census count of 2,378, which in turn reflected an increase of 129 (+5.7%) from the 2,249 counted in the 2000 census.
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9 towns share a border with South Hackensack Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Hackensack Township | #377 | C− | D− | D | B+ | B |
| Little Ferry | #333 | C+ | D | — | C | A− |
| Garfield | #382 | C− | D− | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Teterboro | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hackensack | #393 | C− | D− | C | C− | B+ |
| Wallington | #297 | B− | D | B− | B | A− |
| Carlstadt | #291 | B− | D | B | B− | A− |
| Moonachie | #170 | A− | C | B+ | B+ | B+ |
Little Ferry reports no FBI crime data of its own. Teterboro isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare South Hackensack Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
South Hackensack Township grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #377 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B for health, D 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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