North Haledon, New Jersey
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 2.0% since 2020.
9,089
people, the 128th-largest of New Jersey's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among New Jersey's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
8 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
83.2%
of 1,883 jobs located in North Haledon are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 93% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$2,369
a month. New Jersey's median is $1,720.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $1,590.
A $1,590 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Passaic County.
- $1,911 Tract 1964.01
- $3,501 Tract 2460.03
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$1,099–$1,649
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $2,369 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 230 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 78% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 79% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.1–0.6% to the 3,087 homes here.
2–19
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 21% more than New Jersey's.
$547,600
median home value in North Haledon.
- $547,600 North Haledon
- $454,400 New Jersey
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year