According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 3.53 square miles (9.14 km2), including 3.46 square miles (8.97 km2) of land and 0.06 square miles (0.17 km2) of water (1.81%).[1][2]
Of the 3,123 households, 27.7% had children under the age of 18; 64.9% were married couples living together; 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present and 23.6% were non-families. Of all households, 20.1% were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.10.[20]
20.4% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.0 years. For every 100 females, the population had 89.8 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 87.8 males.[20]
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $103,562 (with a margin of error of +/− $5,006) and the median family income was $107,623 (+/− $8,363). Males had a median income of $71,850 (+/− $10,067) versus $49,038 (+/− $4,709) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $41,694 (+/− $4,002). About 0.7% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.[33]
Same-sex couples headed 24 households in 2010, more than double the 10 counted in 2000.[34]
2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census[16] there were 7,920 people, 2,626 households, and 2,077 families residing in the borough. The population density was 2,300.6 inhabitants per square mile (888.3/km2). There were 2,675 housing units at an average density of 777.0 per square mile (300.0/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 95.03% White, 1.44% African American, 0.06% Native American, 1.00% Asian, 0.95% from other races, and 1.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.89% of the population.[31][32]
There were 2,626 households, out of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.2% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. 17.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.18.[31][32]
In the borough the population was spread out, with 19.7% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.[31][32]
The median income for a household in the borough was $74,700, and the median income for a family was $80,936. Males had a median income of $52,006 versus $34,854 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $30,322. About 2.4% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.3% of those under age 18 and 4.4% of those age 65 or over.[31][32]
Government
Local government
North Haledon is governed under the borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 municipalities (of the 564) statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.[35] The governing body is comprised of the mayor and the borough council, with all positions elected at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. The mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The borough council includes six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year in a three-year cycle.[6] The borough form of government used by North Haledon is a "weak mayor / strong council" government in which council members act as the legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only in the event of a tie. The mayor can veto ordinances subject to an override by a two-thirds majority vote of the council. The mayor makes committee and liaison assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by the mayor with the advice and consent of the council.[36][37]
As of 2023[update], the mayor of North Haledon is Republican Randolph J. "Randy" George, whose term of office ends on December 31, 2026. Members of the North Haledon Borough Council are Council President Bruce O. Iacobelli (R, 2025), Rocco Luisi (R, 2023), Vince Parmese (R, 2025), George Pomianek (R, 2024), Donna Puglisi (R, 2024), and Jacqueline Roscio (R, 2023).[3][38][39][40][41][42][43]
In December 2019, Sandra Salviano was selected from a list of three candidates nominated by the municipal committee to fill the term expiring in December 2022 that had been become vacant following the death earlier that month of her husband, Keith Salviano.[44] Sandra Salviano served on an interim basis until the November 2020 general election, when she was elected to serve the balance of the term of office,[41] though she stepped down from office in February 2021 and was replaced by Vince Parmese,[45] who was elected in November 2021 to serve the remainder of the term.[40]
In 2013, Mayor Randy George was criticized by residents for his use of two borough-owned generators in the persistent electric outages during the days following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy to provide power to the refrigerators in his ice cream store, while Police Chief Robert Bracco had used another municipal-owned generator to provide power at his home. A special committee formed of borough council members found that the actions were justifiable in light of the circumstances and enabled them to serve the borough during the emergency, but recommended that rules be established to govern personal use of borough property by municipal employees and officials.[46]
Federal, state, and county representation
North Haledon is located in the 9th Congressional District[47] and is part of New Jersey's 35th state legislative district.[48][49][50]
Passaic County is governed by Board of County Commissioners, composed of seven members who are elected at-large to staggered three-year terms office on a partisan basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle. At a reorganization meeting held in January, the board selects a Director and Deputy Director from among its members to serve for a one-year term.[58] As of 2024[update], Passaic County's Commissioners are:
Constitutional officers, elected on a countywide basis are:
Clerk Danielle Ireland-Imhof (D, Hawthorne, 2028),[71][72]
Acting Sheriff Gary Giardina (D, Wayne, 2024)[73][74] and
Surrogate Zoila S. Cassanova (D, Wayne, 2026).[75][76][67]
Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 6,156 registered voters in North Haledon, of which 1,180 (19.2% vs. 31.0% countywide) were registered as Democrats, 2,051 (33.3% vs. 18.7%) were registered as Republicans and 2,923 (47.5% vs. 50.3%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 2 voters registered to other parties.[77] Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 73.1% (vs. 53.2% in Passaic County) were registered to vote, including 91.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 70.8% countywide).[77][78]
In the 2012 presidential election, Republican Mitt Romney received 64.1% of the vote (2,916 cast), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 35.0% (1,593 votes), and other candidates with 0.9% (40 votes), among the 4,584 ballots cast by the borough's 6,364 registered voters (35 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 72.0%.[79][80] In the 2008 presidential election, Republican John McCain received 3,016 votes (62.0% vs. 37.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat Barack Obama with 1,678 votes (34.5% vs. 58.8%) and other candidates with 46 votes (0.9% vs. 0.8%), among the 4,864 ballots cast by the borough's 6,241 registered voters, for a turnout of 77.9% (vs. 70.4% in Passaic County).[81] In the 2004 presidential election, Republican George W. Bush received 2,951 votes (62.9% vs. 42.7% countywide), ahead of Democrat John Kerry with 1,567 votes (33.4% vs. 53.9%) and other candidates with 32 votes (0.7% vs. 0.7%), among the 4,692 ballots cast by the borough's 5,831 registered voters, for a turnout of 80.5% (vs. 69.3% in the whole county).[82]
In the 2013 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 73.0% of the vote (2,304 cast), ahead of Democrat Barbara Buono with 26.3% (831 votes), and other candidates with 0.7% (22 votes), among the 3,230 ballots cast by the borough's 6,439 registered voters (73 ballots were spoiled), for a turnout of 50.2%.[83][84] In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Republican Chris Christie received 2,169 votes (67.2% vs. 43.2% countywide), ahead of Democrat Jon Corzine with 932 votes (28.9% vs. 50.8%), Independent Chris Daggett with 79 votes (2.4% vs. 3.8%) and other candidates with 20 votes (0.6% vs. 0.9%), among the 3,226 ballots cast by the borough's 6,117 registered voters, yielding a 52.7% turnout (vs. 42.7% in the county).[85]
For ninth through twelfth grades, public school students attend Manchester Regional High School, which serves students from Haledon, North Haledon, and Prospect Park.[93][94] The school is located in Haledon. The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program, which allows non-resident students to attend the district's schools without cost to their parents, with tuition paid by the state. Available slots are announced annually by grade.[95] North Haledon residents had successfully voted in 2003 to leave the district, choosing to send their high school aged students to Midland Park High School in nearby Bergen County, New Jersey. In August 2004, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided against North Haledon, citing that the town's exit from the district would shift the ethnic and racial balance of the high school.[96] As of the 2018–19 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 833 students and 62.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1.[97] Seats on the high school district's nine-member board of education are allocated based on the population of the constituent districts, with four seats assigned to North Haledon.[98]
Founded in 1892, Eastern Christian High School serves over 700 students in four separate school facilities covering preschool through 12th grade.[99]
Transportation
Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the borough had a total of 36.97 miles (59.50 km) of roadways, of which 30.16 miles (48.54 km) were maintained by the municipality and 6.81 miles (10.96 km) by Passaic County[100]
No Interstate, U.S. or state highways directly serve North Haledon. The most prominent roads within the borough are minor county routes, such as County Route 677 (High Mountain Road).
^DeVencentis, Philip. "Councilman's widow appointed to fill his seat in North Haledon", The Record, December 18, 2019. Accessed July 11, 2022. "Sandra Salviano, whose husband, Councilman Keith Salviano, died suddenly this month, has been appointed to fill his seat on the governing body.... Sandra Salviano was selected by the council at its meeting on Tuesday to assume the position until next year's general election, when her late husband's two-year unexpired term will be on the ballot."
^Borough Council Special Meeting Agenda for February 3, 2021, Borough of North Haledon. Accessed July 11, 2022. "Mayor George reads a letter that the Municipal Clerk, Renate Elatab, had received from Antonette Ravo, the North Haledon Republican Leader, advising that members of the North Haledon Republican Club had met to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of Councilwoman Sandra Salviano, and had picked three candidates, who were Vince Parmese, Barbara Conte, and Julie Ravo to fill the vacancy."
^Biography, Congressman Bill Pascrell. Accessed January 3, 2019. "A native son of Paterson, N.J., Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. has built a life of public service upon the principles he learned while growing up on the south side of the Silk City."
^ abBoard of County Commissioners, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed June 21, 2022. "Passaic County is governed by a seven-member Board of County Commissioners. Each County Commissioner is elected at large for a three-year term. The board is headed by a director, who is selected for a one-year term at the board's annual reorganization meeting (at the first meeting of the year in January)."
^Bruce James, Passaic County, New Jersey. Accessed June 21, 2022.
^North Haledon Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, North Haledon School District. Accessed April 6, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades PreKindergarten through eight in the North Haledon School District. Composition: The North Haledon School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of North Haledon."
^Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 30, 2016. "Manchester Regional High School (MRHS) serves 903 students from the Passaic County boroughs of Haledon, North Haledon and Prospect Park. It is also one of only two Interdistrict Public Choice Schools in the county providing a quality college preparatory curriculum to students outside the district who want to avail themselves of this program. One hundred four students from Essex, Bergen and Passaic Counties are enrolled at the school."
^Zaremba, Justin. "Judge recommends revisions to Manchester Regional High School funding formula", The Gazette (Hawthorne), March 29, 2011. Accessed January 13, 2013. "For the past two decades, North Haledon has sought to redress the taxation rate for the Manchester Regional School District, contending that residents pay a disproportionate amount per pupil compared to Haledon and Prospect Park. North Haledon has also attempted to withdraw from the district, which would drastically increase the tax rate on the two smaller municipalities."
^Staff. "Prison-Spawned SLA Urged Love, Practiced Violence", El Paso Herald-Post, May 20, 1974. Accessed January 26, 2015. "Angela Atwood, 25, of North Haledon, N.J., a 1970 graduate of the University of Indiana who police say knocked on Miss Hearst's door to gain entrance for the kidnapers."
^Staff. "Gerard Debaets Is Dead at 61; Won 18 Six-Day Bicycle Races", The New York Times, April 28, 1959. Accessed September 11, 2015. "North Haledon, N. J., April 27 - Gerard Debaets, a member of North Haledon, N. J., April 27--Gerard Debaets, a member of winning teams in eighteen six-day bicycle races and the holder of several national bicycle championships, died today of a heart attack at his home, 139 Oakwood Avenue."
^Levin, Jay. "Stage, TV director John Ferraro, 64, Wayne Valley grad", The Record, December 21, 2010, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 22, 2012. Accessed October 8, 2018. "Mr. Ferraro, formerly of North Haledon, also is survived by his son and former wife, Gregory Ferraro and Clare Ferraro, both of New York City."
^"Dean's list scholars", The Record, February 13, 1979. Accessed December 30, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Among Lehigh University undergraduates named to the fall dean's list were Joseph J. Helble Jr. of 34 Marilyn St. in North Haledon..."
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Biese, Alex. "Q&A: Glenn Mercer of the Feelies", Asbury Park Press, December 4, 2014. Accessed January 26, 2015. "We recently talked with Feelies co-founder, singer and guitarist Glenn Mercer of North Haledon about the band's resurgence and return to the stage."