Teaneck is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 39,260 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Teaneck is the 37th largest community in New Jersey.

Teaneck is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.37% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Teaneck is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Teaneck who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.66%), management occupations (13.35%), and sales jobs (11.16%).

Also of interest is that Teaneck has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Teaneck is also a town of artists. Teaneck has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Teaneck's character.

In addition, Teaneck is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

In Teaneck, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.92 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Teaneck Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Teaneck is a pretty powerful place. 47.87% of the adults in Teaneck 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 Teaneck in 2000 was $32,212, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,848 for a family of four. However, Teaneck contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Teaneck is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Teaneck home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Teaneck is White, followed by African-American. Teaneck also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.94% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Teaneck include Italian, Russian, German, Irish, Polish, and Jamaican.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Teaneck's cultural character, accounting for 24.03% of the town's population.

The most common language spoken in Teaneck is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Hebrew.