Hasbrouck Heights is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,018 people and two associated neighborhoods, Hasbrouck Heights is the 159th largest community in New Jersey.
Housing costs in Hasbrouck Heights are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.
Of important note, Hasbrouck Heights is also a borough of artists. Hasbrouck Heights has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Hasbrouck Heights’s character.
Also of interest is that Hasbrouck Heights has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.44% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Hasbrouck Heights is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Hasbrouck Heights really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hasbrouck Heights perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Hasbrouck Heights, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.13 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.
Even though Hasbrouck Heights is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The education level of Hasbrouck Heights ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Hasbrouck Heights, 42.08% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Hasbrouck Heights in 2022 was $49,758, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $199,032 for a family of four. However, Hasbrouck Heights contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Hasbrouck Heights is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Hasbrouck Heights home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hasbrouck Heights residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Hasbrouck Heights also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.97% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Hasbrouck Heights include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, and Jamaican.
In addition, Hasbrouck Heights has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (28.27%).
The most common language spoken in Hasbrouck Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.