Haledon is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 8,870 people and two associated neighborhoods, Haledon is the 217th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Haledon 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: 7.78% 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.

Despite being a small borough, Haledon has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

The overall education level of Haledon is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.56% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Haledon in 2018 was $37,366, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,464 for a family of four. However, Haledon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Haledon is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Haledon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Haledon, accounting for 54.49% of the borough’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Haledon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Haledon include Irish, Italian, Albanian, German, and English.

Haledon also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 32.05%.

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