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A township of 14,790 people in Passaic County, New Jersey
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Map of Little Falls: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk
Conserved land2.3%42 of 1,823 acres
Trails2.7 mi1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves73 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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C4169-C4180--Little Falls, NJ [1917.08.02]1917
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C4169-C4180--Little Falls, NJ [1917.08.02], 1917

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About Little Falls

Township in Passaic County, New Jersey, US
1868Established
13,360Population
2.8 sq miArea
157 ftElevation

Little Falls is a township in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township was named after a waterfall on the Passaic River at a dam near Beattie Mill. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 13,360, a decrease of 1,072 (−7.4%) from the 2010 census count of 14,432, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,577 (+33.0%) from the 10,855 counted in the 2000 census.

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Housing in Little Falls

$623K▲ 3.7% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Little Falls home is worth about $623,000, up 3.7% in a year, 7% above the New Jersey typical home.

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Safety in Little Falls

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Safety Grade A-

Little Falls reports less crime per resident than 79% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Little Falls 0.5
New Jersey 2
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Little Falls 4.7
New Jersey 12.7
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B

The public schools Little Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 57% of New Jersey’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#221Best public schoolsof 457 in NJ
DistrictPassaic Valley Regional High School DistrictSchools6

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