Hasbrouck Heights is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,030 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: 11.69% 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 great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Hasbrouck Heights a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Hasbrouck Heights has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Hasbrouck Heights’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Hasbrouck Heights, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.21 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

In Hasbrouck Heights, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Hasbrouck Heights is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The education level of Hasbrouck Heights ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Hasbrouck Heights, 42.24% 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 $49,744, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $198,976 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 27.52% 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 (30.35%).

The most common language spoken in Hasbrouck Heights is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.