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Rockleigh, New Jersey
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Location of Rockleigh in Bergen County highlighted in red (left). Inset map: Location of Bergen County in New Jersey highlighted in orange (right).
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Census Bureau map of Rockleigh, New Jersey
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 Rockleigh, New Jersey
Location in Bergen County, New Jersey
Rockleigh, New Jersey
Location in New Jersey
Rockleigh, New Jersey
Location in the United States
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| Country |  United States |
| State |  New Jersey |
| County | Bergen |
| Incorporated | April 10, 1923 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Borough |
| • Body | Borough Council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.01 sq mi (2.62 km2) |
| • Land | 1.00 sq mi (2.60 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2) 0.69% |
| Area rank | 498th of 565 in state 66th of 70 in county |
| Elevation | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 407 |
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405 |
| • Rank | 557th of 565 in state 69th of 70 in county |
| • Density | 407.0/sq mi (157.1/km2) |
| • Density rank | 458th of 565 in state 68th of 70 in county |
| Time zone | UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT)) |
| ZIP Code |
07647
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| Area code(s) | 201 exchanges: 750, 767, 768, 784 |
| FIPS code | 3400364170 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0885375 |
Rockleigh (pronounced ROCK-lee) is a borough in northeastern Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 407, a decrease of 124 (−23.4%) from the 2010 census count of 531, which in turn reflected an increase of 140 (+35.8%) from the 391 counted in the 2000 census. Bordering Alpine, a community ranked America's most expensive ZIP Code by Forbes, Rockleigh has a similar residential character, with large single-family homes on large plots of land.
Rockleigh was incorporated as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 13, 1923 (based on the results of a referendum held on April 10, 1923) from portions of Northvale. The borough was named for a property in Virginia that had been owned by the borough's first mayor.
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Rockleigh as its 13th best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
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Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.01 square miles (2.62 km2), including 1.00 square miles (2.60 km2) of land and 0.01 square miles (0.02 km2) of water (0.69%). Rockleigh is about 25 miles (40 km) from Manhattan in New York City.
The borough borders the municipalities of Alpine, Northvale and Norwood in Bergen County and Tappan in the Town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York.
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1900 | 32 | — | |
| 1910 | 44 | 37.5% | |
| 1920 | 58 | 31.8% | |
| 1930 | 86 | 48.3% | |
| 1940 | 79 | −8.1% | |
| 1950 | 110 | 39.2% | |
| 1960 | 430 | 290.9% | |
| 1970 | 308 | −28.4% | |
| 1980 | 192 | −37.7% | |
| 1990 | 270 | 40.6% | |
| 2000 | 391 | 44.8% | |
| 2010 | 531 | 35.8% | |
| 2020 | 407 | −23.4% | |
| 2023 (est.) | 405 | −23.7% | |
| Population sources: 1930 1900–2020 2000 2010 2020 |
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2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 531 people, 75 households, and 58 families in the borough. The population density was 548.1 per square mile (211.6/km2). There were 86 housing units at an average density of 88.8 per square mile (34.3/km2). The racial makeup was 95.10% (505) White, 2.07% (11) Black or African American, 0.19% (1) Native American, 1.51% (8) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 0.19% (1) from other races, and 0.94% (5) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.77% (20) of the population.
Of the 75 households, 32.0% had children under the age of 18; 70.7% were married couples living together; 4.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 22.7% were non-families. Of all households, 13.3% were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.28.
16.2% of the population were under the age of 18, 2.8% from 18 to 24, 8.9% from 25 to 44, 15.1% from 45 to 64, and 57.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 73.8 years. For every 100 females, the population had 58.5 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 47.4 males.
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $137,778 (with a margin of error of +/− $87,096) and the median family income was $139,861 (+/− $77,779). Males had a median income of $76,719 (+/− $48,274) versus $70,3136 (+/− $43,416) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $36,771 (+/− $23,965). About none of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
Same-sex couples headed none of the borough's households in either 2000 or 2010.
Economy
Corporate residents of Rockleigh include:
- Crestron Electronics, a company that manufactures high-end systems for home automation and conference room control, is headquartered in Rockleigh.
- Volvo Car USA, LLC., a Swedish company that manufactures safety-oriented luxury automobiles, maintains an American headquarters in Rockleigh.
Education
Students from Rockleigh, a non-operating school district, attend the Northvale Public Schools in the Borough of Northvale as part of a sending/receiving relationship. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of one school, had an enrollment of 545 students and 48.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.2:1. The Rockleigh Borough Board of Education is a five-member board with the members appointed by the mayor since 2005. The district's last elected term expired in 2007 at which time the board consisted entirely of mayoral appointees.
Students in public school for ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, together with students from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan, with students from Rockleigh attending the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The school is one of the two schools of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from the neighboring communities of Closter, Demarest, Haworth at the Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. During the 1994–1996 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. As of the 2020–21 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 1,103 students and 94.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.
Transportation
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Roads and highways
As of May 2010[update], the borough had a total of 4.56 miles (7.34 km) of roadways, of which 2.74 miles (4.41 km) were maintained by the municipality and 1.82 miles (2.93 km) by Bergen County.
County Route 501 passes through Rockleigh. This road's northern terminus is in Rockleigh, where it continues into New York as New York State Route 340.
Notable people
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Rockleigh include:
- Frank Cumiskey (1912–2004), gymnast who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics, in the 1936 Summer Olympics, and in the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Brian Daley (1947–1996), science fiction novelist
- Will Elder (1921–2008), illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art but is best known for a zany cartoon style that helped launch Harvey Kurtzman's Mad comic book in 1952
- Daniel Leo (born 1941), acting boss of the Genovese crime family who was sentenced in 2008 to five years in prison for racketeering and loansharking
- Ada Lunardoni (1911–2003), artistic gymnast who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics and placed fifth with the team
- Willard Marshall (1921–2000), former MLB right fielder who played for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox
- Hy Weiss (1923–2007), early rock and roll record producer
See also
In Spanish: Rockleigh para niños
