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%

Wall Township$4,610/mo

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

Paramus$6,760/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

11Wall Township

9Paramus

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

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

Left end = #1 in New Jersey. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Wall Township’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

Wall TownshipParamus

Snow a year—33″

January low—23°F

July high—86°F

Growing season (days)—189d

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

Outdoors & history

Wall TownshipParamus

Trails65 mi 18 mi

Conserved land12.2%10.1%

Settled1851 1922

National Register places6 6

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here3 —

Community

Wall TownshipParamus

Library hours a week58 hrs 68 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 0

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.

Wall TownshipMonmouth County ParamusNJ

Wall Township ↔ Paramus54 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

Wall TownshipParamus

People

Population 26,541Lowest 26,568Highest

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

Median age 46.8±2Lowest 17% above NJ 49.1±2.8Highest 22% 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 19.5%±2Highest NJ: 21.8% 18.5%±1.8Lowest 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+ 22.8%±2.4Lowest NJ: 17.2% 26.2%±2.3Highest 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+ 56.5%Highest NJ: 43.6% 51.8%Lowest NJ: 43.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $142,768±$18kLowest 38% above NJ $144,349±$16kHighest 39% 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 $720,400±$36kLowest 59% above NJ $813,900±$23kHighest 79% above NJ

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.7%±13.8Highest NJ: 51.6% 57.8%±14.2Lowest 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 3.6%Lowest NJ: 9.7% 4.7%Highest NJ: 9.7%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 19.8%±2.9Lowest NJ: 16.8% 21.7%±4Highest 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 12.1%Highest 11.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miHighest 10.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ParamusFew work in Wall Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.2%Highest 10.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 65.2 miHighest 18.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.1 miHighest 1.7 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 20Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Wall Township Public School District · Monmouth County Vocational School DistrictBergen County Vocational Technical School District · Paramus Public School District

High school in town Wall High SchoolParamus High School

Students per teacherat that high school 9.0Lowest 11.3Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Wall Township vs Paramus

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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