Municipal Statistics

ItemStatistic
Form of GovernmentTownship Committee
(5 members elected for staggered 3 year terms)
Population16,579 (2020 census) Historical Census Data
Area6.7 square miles or 4,288 acres
92 miles of Municipal roads
12.7 miles of Bergen County roads
2.5 miles of New Jersey State Highway Route 208
Longitude74-09-59 West
Latitude40-59-52 North
Distance from Midtown Manhattan25 miles
Distance from George Washington Bridge12 miles
Number of Households5,808
Municipal Bond RatingAA1 (Moody’s Investor Service)
AA+ (Standard & Poor’s Rating Group)
Fire Insurance Rating3
Water CompaniesVillage of Ridgewood – 5,201 customers
Borough of Waldwick – 26 customers
Borough of Hawthorne – 16 customers
Electric and Gas CompaniesPublic Service Electric & Gas
Rockland Electric Company
Cable TVCablevision and Verizon
Wyckoff Volunteer Fire Department3
AmbulanceWyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Election Districts10
Lighted Public Tennis Courts8
LibraryWyckoff Free Public Library
High SchoolRamapo-Indian Hills Regional High School District
(Students may choose to attend either Ramapo High
School or Indian Hills High School)
Middle SchoolDwight D. Eisenhower Middle School
Elementary SchoolsGeorge Washington School
Calvin Coolidge School
Abraham Lincoln School
Sicomac School
Parochial SchoolsSaint Elizabeth Interparochial School (grades K-8)
Eastern Christian Middle School (grades 5-8)
Preschools7
Daycare Facilities4
Houses of Worship

15

 

 

 INVENTORY OF OPEN SPACE IN THE TOWNSHIP OF WYCKOFF 
1Wyckoff Community Park  (Township Committee obtained in 1995 at no cost)18 acres
2Gardens of Wyckoff Nature Sanctuary (Township Committee obtained in 1994 at no cost) 13 acres
3Larkin House Park     (Township Committee obtained in 1999 at no cost) 5 acres
4Bergen County Wildlife Center     81 acres
5Pulis Soccer Field & Leaf Recycling Facility                  24 acres
6Town Hall Athletic Complex  27 acres
7Sicomac Avenue Woods 7 acres
8Zabriskie Museum/Gardens & Pond Park                        6 acres
9Township Spring Lake property leased to YMCA          13 acres
10Russell Farms Community Park (purchased in 2012) 5 acres
11Fire Company 2 woods at 180 Wyckoff Avenue              3 acres
12Township Property at Demarest Avenue                       3.4 acres
13Route 208 North/Cedar Hill Avenue                               2.7 acres
14240 Demarest Avenue (purchased in 2020)  3.90 acres
   
 Ridgewood Water Well Head Protection Properties: 
15Cedar Hill Avenue Fields  10.6 acres
16Hartung Drive Fields                                            3 acres
17Mountain Avenue Fields                                       3.6 acres
18Stonybrook Lane Fields 1.5 acres
19Carlton Road     Fields                                      10.0 acres
20Vance Avenue Field 2.55 acres
21Lafayette Avenue Field                                        5.75 acres
22Weisch Lane Woods Field3.50 acres
   
 TOTAL ACRES 252.5 acres
   

     

CONSERVATION EASEMENT AREAS REQUIRED BY PLANNING BOARD SITE 

PLAN APPROVALS

 
Cedar Hills Condominium Conservation Easement Area 11.48    acres
 Allison Village Association Conservation Easement Area  8.20    acres
Fieldstone Condominium Assoc. Conservation Easement2.27    acres

Barrister Farms Conservation Easement along and in the Ravine      

7.40    acres

Barrister Court Condominium Conservation Easement Area       

7.50    acres

Deep Brook Road Conservation Easement along and in the Ravine

3.50    acres
TOTAL40.35 acres
  
  

TOTAL OPEN SPACE & CONSERVATION EASEMENT ACREAGE  

292.85 acres
  
Total Acreage in the Township of Wyckoff      4,288 acres
  

Percentage of Open Space/Conservation Area         

6.83%
  
TOWNSHIP OF WYCKOFF POPULATION STATISTICS 
YearPopulation
202016,579
201016,696
200016,508
199015,372

1980

15,500

197016,039
196011,205
19505,590
19403,847
19303,001
19201,288

 OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION FACILITIES ADJACENT TO WYCKOFF WHICH CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED BY WYCKOFF TAXPAYERS THROUGH THE PAYMENT OF THEIR BERGEN COUNTY TAX BILL.

ALL OF THESE ACRES ARE LOCATED IN A MUNICIPALITY ADJACENT TO WYCKOFF OR WITHIN A 10 MINUTE OR LESS DRIVE FROM WYCKOFF. (WYCKOFF IS THE 7th LARGEST MUNICIPALITY OF BERGEN COUNTY’S 70 MUNICIPALITIES AND WYCKOFF TAXPAYERS PAY A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE BERGEN COUNTY TAX BILL.)  


DESCRIPTIONADDRESSFACILITIES

OWNED/OPERATED/

PURCHASED

ACREAGE

Campgaw Mountain

Reservation

Campgaw Road

Mahwah, NJ

Ski Mountain/Hiking Trails/

Picnic Facilities/Archery/

Open Space

Bergen County1,315 acres

Darlington Golf

Course

Campgaw Road

Mahwah, NJ

18 Hole Golf CourseBergen County120 acres
Darlington County Park

Campgaw 

Road, 

Mahwah, NJ

2 Swimming Lakes,

Beaches, 1 Fishing Lake, Picknic Groves, Tennis/Handball Courts

Bergen County22 acres
Ramapo Valley Reservation

Ramapo Valley Road

Mahwah, NJ

Open Space

Hiking/Fishing/Scenic Views

Bergen County

2,145 acres

 

Boy Scout Camp

Glen Gray

Oakland, NJ

Open Space

Hiking/Fishing/Camping

Bergen County owns it, Friends of Glen Gray 

Operates it. Trust for Public Land Purchased It.

756 acres
Phillips Property

Mahwah &

Oakland, NJ

Open Space

Hiking

Bergen County owns it & Operates it. Trust for Public Land Purchased It. 

 

32 acres

Saddle Ridge

Horseback Riding Area

Shadow Ridge Road

Franklin Lakes, NJ

Wooded Bridle Trails &

Panoramic Views

Bergen County28 acres
The Bike PathRidgewood & Glen RockAsphalt Walking & Biking PathBergen County6 miles

Link to the 2020 US CENSUS information for Wyckoff.