Saddle River is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 3,201 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Saddle River is the 404th largest community in New Jersey.

Saddle River is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 93.47% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Saddle River is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Saddle River who work in management occupations (26.06%), healthcare (17.22%), and sales jobs (13.91%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.64% 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.

In Saddle River, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.64 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Saddle River is a small borough, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Saddle River Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Saddle River is a pretty powerful place. 60.64% of the adults in Saddle River have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Saddle River in 2000 was $85,934, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $343,736 for a family of four. However, Saddle River contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Saddle River home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Saddle River is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Saddle River include Italian, Irish, German, Polish, English, Russian, and Syrian.

Saddle River also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.59%.

The languages spoken by people in Saddle River are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Saddle River is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Tagalog, and Chinese.