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Borough
Demarest Railroad Depot
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Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Bergen
Incorporated	April 8, 1903
Named for	Ralph S. Demarest
Government
• Type	Borough
• Body	Borough Council
Area
• Total	2.08 sq mi (5.38 km2)
• Land	2.07 sq mi (5.37 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)  0.34%
Area rank	405th of 565 in state 46th of 70 in county
Elevation	52 ft (16 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	4,981
• Estimate  (2023)	4,846
• Rank	375th of 565 in state 60th of 70 in county
• Density	2,403.4/sq mi (928.0/km2)
• Density rank	259th of 565 in state 54th of 70 in county
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
ZIP Code	07627
Area code(s)	201 exchanges: 750, 767, 768, 784
FIPS code	3400317530
GNIS feature ID	0885195

Demarest is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,981, an increase of 100 (+2.0%) from the 2010 census count of 4,881, which in turn reflected an increase of 36 (+0.7%) from the 4,845 counted in the 2000 census. Located in the northeastern corner of New Jersey and its Gateway Region, Demarest is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area.

Demarest was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1903, from portions of Harrington Township and Palisades Township. The borough was named for the Demarest family and for the Demarest train station, which had in turn been named for Ralph S. Demarest, who was a director of the Northern Railroad of New Jersey that built the station and represented the area in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate in the mid-19th century.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 2.08 square miles (5.38 km²), including 2.07 square miles (5.37 km²) of land and 0.01 square miles (0.02 km²) of water (0.34%).

At the heart of Demarest is an area known as the Duck Pond, which is a section of the Tenakill Brook.

The borough borders the Bergen County municipalities of Alpine, Closter, Cresskill, Dumont and Haworth.

Demographics

2010 census

The 2010 United States census counted 4,881 people, 1,597 households, and 1,404 families in the borough. The population density was 2,361.8 per square mile (911.9/km²). There were 1,659 housing units at an average density of 802.7 per square mile (309.9/km²). The racial makeup was 70.21% (3,427) White, 0.64% (31) Black or African American, 0.02% (1) Native American, 26.41% (1,289) Asian, 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander, 0.74% (36) from other races, and 1.99% (97) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.43% (216) of the population. Korean Americans accounted for 17.3% of the population.

Of the 1,597 households, 45.1% had children under the age of 18; 76.8% were married couples living together; 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present and 12.1% were non-families. Of all households, 10.8% were made up of individuals and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size was 3.29. Same-sex couples headed eight households in 2010, an increase from the four counted in 2000.

27.5% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 18.2% from 25 to 44, 33.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.9 years. For every 100 females, the population had 93.4 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 89.7 males.

The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars) median household income was $147,714 (with a margin of error of +/− $14,743) and the median family income was $150,208 (+/− $9,154). Males had a median income of $101,085 (+/− $10,254) versus $58,295 (+/− $10,277) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $69,460 (+/− $10,589). About 1.4% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Education

The Demarest Public Schools serve students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 714 students and 71.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.0:1. Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are County Road School with 168 students in pre-kindergarten through first grade, Luther Lee Emerson Schools with 217 students in grades 2 - 4 and Demarest Middle School with 320 students in grades 5 through 8.

Students in ninth through twelfth grades attend Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest in Demarest, together with students from Closter and Haworth. The high school is part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, which also serves students from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan at Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan. During the 1994–1996 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education. As of the 2021–22 school year, the high school had an enrollment of 974 students and 91.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.7:1.

Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.

The Academy of the Holy Angels is a private middle school and college preparatory high school serving students in sixth through twelfth grade that operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

Emergency services

Fire department

Demarest has a volunteer fire department that was established in 1894. Its station is located on Park Street and consists of Engine 461, Rescue 465, Engine 2, and Ladder 1.

Medical services

Demarest has a volunteer ambulance corps. that was first established in 1961 and is located on Wakelee Drive.

Police department

The Demarest Police Department was established in 1903 with its station on Serpentine Road.

Transportation

County Route 501 southbound in Demarest

Roads and highways

As of May 2010^[update], the borough had a total of 27.27 miles (43.89 km) of roadways, of which 21.56 miles (34.70 km) were maintained by the municipality and 5.71 miles (9.19 km) by Bergen County.

County Route 501 and County Route 505 travels through Demarest. While Demarest is a small community, there are often traffic jams at around 8:00 am and 3:00 pm when all three grammar schools let out for the day. These small traffic jams usually occur at the intersection of County Road and Hardenburgh Avenue, and sometimes require the local police to direct traffic.

Public transportation

Demarest is served by Rockland Coaches routes 20/20T, with a stop by the Duck Pond on County Route 501 which provides service to and from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan and the Palisades Center in West Nyack, New York, a common shopping destination for many residents.

Demarest was served by the Demarest Railroad Depot until passenger traffic stopped in 1966. After the borough purchased the site in 1978, the station was restored and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.

Notable people

People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Demarest include:

• John Calabro (1914–1994), artist and sculptor who has created coins, medals, plaques, busts, statutes and heroic-size works of famous events and notable figures
• Gerald Cardinale (1934–2021), member of the New Jersey Senate from 1982 until his death, who served as Mayor of Demarest from 1975 to 1979
• David Einhorn (born 1968), hedge fund manager, who founded Greenlight Capital
• Halim El-Dabh (1921–2017), Egyptian-born composer who made Demarest his home in 1957 and 1958
• Lawrence Frank (born 1970), former head coach of the Detroit Pistons and the New Jersey Nets
• Augustus A. Hardenbergh (1830–1889), represented New Jersey's 7th congressional district from 1875 to 1879, and again from 1881 to 1883
• Gregory T. Linteris (born 1957), scientist who flew as a payload specialist on two NASA Space Shuttle missions in 1997
• Sparky Lyle (born 1944), MLB pitcher who was a resident during his time with the New York Yankees which was mentioned numerous times in his 1979 book The Bronx Zoo
• Ava Markham (born 1999), tennis player
• Aline Brosh McKenna (born 1967), screenwriter
• Bob Menne (1942–2023), PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer
• Herschel L. Mosier (1900–1979), football and basketball player and coach
• Dennis Shulman (born 1950), rabbi, psychologist and politician
• Richard H. Tedford (1929–2011), paleontologist
• Edmund W. Wakelee (1869–1945), President of the New Jersey Senate and the Public Service Corporation
• Lucius Walker (1930–2010), Baptist minister best known for his opposition to the United States embargo against Cuba
• Barry Weiss (born 1959), music industry executive who has been Chairman and CEO of The Island Def Jam Music Group and Universal Republic Records
• Julia Weldon (born 1983), actress

See also

In Spanish: Demarest (Nueva Jersey) para niños