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," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

One downside of living in Teaneck is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Teaneck, the average commute to work is 31.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Teaneck Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Teaneck, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Teaneck is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 47.87% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

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.