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For most people who can afford it, yes. Wyckoff Township grades A overall, 74th of 466 graded towns in New Jersey. It is among the healthiest towns in the country on CDC estimates. The median household earns $204K and its schools outperform 83% of the state's. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $1.2 million, 11.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Wyckoff Township’s typical household income is $204,000, above both the New Jersey town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Wyckoff Township is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Cairns-Whitten-Blauvelt House and Folly House.
Where Wyckoff Township beats most towns.
Albert Van Blarcom House| Widest gap | Wyckoff Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 14.3% |
Its 14 National Register listings are more than in 95% of New Jersey towns with a listing.
Census counts: 1,285 in 1900, 16,585 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1806.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Wyckoff Township is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wyckoff Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw20 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw19 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw19 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi MuseumUnited States Military AcademyCentral 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 · United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wyckoff 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 Wyckoff Township.
Wyckoff Township has less food insecurity than most of New Jersey and pairs an A− for schools with high home prices, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of New Jersey.
At 11.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income, the typical home (about $1.16M) costs more against local pay than in 93% of New Jersey towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. 66.8% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.6% across New Jersey.
Home values are up 10% over the year to September 2026. For Wyckoff Township, the going rate for rent is $2,567 a month. Wyckoff Township: 93% of households own their home.
| Wyckoff Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,567 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 93% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
That grade comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $1.16M.
Public schools: the Wyckoff Township Public School District. Three of the 8 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 607 | A− |
| Eastern Christian Middle School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 953 | – |
| Calvin Coolidge Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 316 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New Jersey is food insecurity: 5.7% of its 12,574 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.3% statewide. Against the 986 U.S. towns with household incomes like Wyckoff Township’s, it is healthier than 84%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
For adults in Wyckoff Township, the share who have diabetes is 7.9%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Wyckoff Township beats New Jersey on 20 and trails on 1. In Wyckoff Township, 24% of adults have obesity, and 13% report frequent mental distress.
| Wyckoff Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.7% | 11% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 28% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Wyckoff Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 5.7% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Since 1979, Wyckoff Township has seen 27 flood insurance claims paid out. On expected storm and flood damage, Wyckoff Township sits below 73% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Wyckoff Township households in 10 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021. Expected losses in Wyckoff Township break down as 75% from inland flooding and 8% from earthquakes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect chilly winters and warm summers in Wyckoff Township, with plenty of rain. Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 24 inches a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest park or preserve is James A. McFaul Environmental Center, at 68 acres. Walkers can cover 2.7 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Wyckoff Township’s concentration of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Wyckoff Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3.7% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. James A. McFaul Environmental Center | 0.9 mi | 68 |
| 2. Memorial Field | — | 14 |
| 3. Russell Farms Community Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
26.7% of workers work from home, against 16.8% across New Jersey.
27% of workers work from home in Wyckoff Township. Most people who work leave Wyckoff Township to do it: just 8% work in town. Jobs based in Wyckoff Township grew to 5,699 in 2023, 790 more than in 2013. For Wyckoff Township, the average trip to work is 33 minutes.
| Wyckoff Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 27% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The level of property crime for Wyckoff Township comes to 3.8 per 1,000 residents. Wyckoff Township's reported crime rate is well below New Jersey's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025.
| Wyckoff Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.8 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.2 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
32 within 15 miles of the center of Wyckoff Township
About 4 of every 100 Wyckoff Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
14 places in Wyckoff Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 notable people were born in Wyckoff Township.
Township in Bergen County, New Jersey, US
Wyckoff 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 16,585, a decrease of 111 (−0.7%) from the 2010 census count of 16,696, which in turn reflected an increase of 188 (+1.1%) from the 16,508 counted in the 2000 census. As of the 2010 census, Wyckoff ranked 55th in highest-household income places in the United States with a population of at least 10,000 at $103,614. Statewide, Wyckoff ranked 41st among New Jersey locations by per capita income, with a per capita money income of $49,375 as of 1999, an increase of 49.1% from the $33,124 recorded in 1989. From the mid-18th century, what is now Wyckoff was a.…
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8 towns share a border with Wyckoff Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyckoff Township | #74 | A | D− | — | A− | A+ |
| Mahwah Township | #116 | A | D− | — | A− | A+ |
| Midland Park | #37 | A+ | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Franklin Lakes | #21 | A+ | D− | A | A− | A+ |
| Waldwick | #22 | A+ | D | A+ | B+ | A+ |
| Allendale | #3 | A+ | D− | A | A+ | A+ |
| Ridgewood | #42 | A+ | D− | A− | A | A+ |
| North Haledon | #240 | B | D− | — | C+ | A |
Wyckoff Township, Mahwah Township and North Haledon report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Wyckoff Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Wyckoff Township grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #74 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−.
9 notable people were born here, including Tara Reid and Katrina Bowden.
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