A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Paramus$6,760/mo

Typical home $1.08M (Zillow) · tax rate 1.23%+ · or rent about $3,032/mo · Housing →

Wall Township$4,610/mo

Typical home $720K (Census) · tax rate 1.39%+ · or rent about $1,762/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,150 a month, about $25,800 a year, between Paramus and Wall Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Report cards

Wall Township places higher on 11 of 21 NJ lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every New Jersey ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

C−ParamusSafer than 16% of U.S. towns BWall TownshipSafer than 60% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+ParamusBetter than 72% of districts in the state A−Wall TownshipBetter than 77% of districts in the state

Health

AParamusHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns AWall TownshipHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns

9Paramus

11Wall Township

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest obesityHealth · 469 towns #49#284 Cheapest rentCost of living · 464 towns #442#222 Most new homesHousing · 468 towns #209#24 SafestSafety · 324 towns #303#190 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 469 towns #3#147 Shortest commuteGetting around · 469 towns #256#119 Most walkableOutdoors · 469 towns #199#323 Most activeHealth · 469 towns #213#103

Left end = #1 in New Jersey. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Paramus’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

ParamusWall Township

Snow a year33″—

January low23°F —

July high86°F —

Growing season (days)189d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 46th

Outdoors & history

ParamusWall Township

Trails18 mi 65 mi

Conserved land10.1%12.2%

Settled1922 1851

National Register places6 6

Archive photos—18

Famous people born here—3

Community

ParamusWall Township

Library hours a week68 hrs 58 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

54 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ParamusNJ Wall TownshipMonmouth County

Paramus ↔ Wall Township54 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs New Jersey average

ParamusWall Township

People

Population 26,568Highest 26,541Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.4% NJ: +5.7% +1.4% NJ: +5.7%

Median age 49.1±2.8Highest 22% above NJ 46.8±2Lowest 17% above NJ

Paramus and Wall Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 18.5%±1.8Lowest NJ: 21.8% 19.5%±2Highest NJ: 21.8%

Wall Township and Paramus are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 26.2%±2.3Highest NJ: 17.2% 22.8%±2.4Lowest NJ: 17.2%

Paramus and Wall Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 51.8%Lowest NJ: 43.6% 56.5%Highest NJ: 43.6%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.3%±1.2Highest NJ: 6.4% 3.8%±0.9Lowest NJ: 6.4%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $144,349±$16kHighest 39% above NJ $142,768±$18kLowest 38% above NJ

Paramus and Wall Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $813,900±$23kHighest 79% above NJ $720,400±$36kLowest 59% above NJ

Rentmedian gross, monthly $3,032±$340Highest 76% above NJ $1,762±$163Lowest about the NJ average

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+ at least 4% above NJ $10,000+ at least 4% above NJ

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.8%±14.2Lowest NJ: 51.6% 58.7%±13.8Highest NJ: 51.6%

Wall Township and Paramus are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 4.7%Highest NJ: 9.7% 3.6%Lowest NJ: 9.7%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.6%Lowest NJ: 63.8% 83.4%Highest NJ: 63.8%

Typical home builtmedian year 1963Lowest 7 yrs older than NJ 1976Highest 6 yrs newer than NJ

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest about the NJ average 27 minLowest 12% below NJ

Work from home 21.7%±4Highest NJ: 16.8% 19.8%±2.9Lowest NJ: 16.8%

Paramus and Wall Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 11.8%Lowest 12.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miLowest 13.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 3.09Highest 1.68Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town New York (20%)New York (6%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Wall TownshipFew work in Paramus

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10.1%Lowest 12.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 18.1 miLowest 65.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.7 miLowest 2.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 20Highest 5Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 81.2Highest 35.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #187 of 458 in NJ #86 of 458 in NJ

School district Bergen County Vocational Technical School District · Paramus Public School DistrictWall Township Public School District · Monmouth County Vocational School District

High school in town Paramus High SchoolWall High School

Students per teacherat that high school 11.3Highest 9.0Lowest

New Jersey average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Paramus vs Wall Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,150 more a month in Paramus

Wall Township places higher on 11 of 21 NJ lists

What daily life feels like in each

54 miles apart

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