Northvale
The cheapest way into the Northern Valley
Northvale is the entry point to the Northern Valley. The average assessment, $404,035, is the lowest of the eight, and so is the average tax bill at $13,446, roughly half what Demarest pays. It is 1.27 square miles, the smallest of the eight, and it runs up to the New York state line at Tappan. The effective rate is high at 2.266%, but it is charged on a good deal less house.
- The lowest average tax bill of the eight at $13,446
- Smallest of the eight in area at 1.27 square miles. You can cross it in a few minutes
- The most foreign-born residents of the eight, and more than half of households speak a language other than English at home
- The Haring-Blauvelt House, built in 1810, has been on the National Register since 1983
Getting to the city
Montvale, Pascack Valley Line (~4.6 mi)
There is no passenger rail in Northvale. The nearest NJ Transit station is Montvale, Pascack Valley Line (~4.6 mi).
No NJ Transit bus route serves the borough.
Commuter bus: Rockland Coaches 20/20T to Port Authority.
What you will find
The average residential assessment is $404,035 and the average tax bill $13,446 (2025), an effective rate of 2.266%.
Census ACS puts the median home value at $592,400, with 76.3% of households owning their home.
Northern Valley Regional
- K-8
- Northvale Public School District (PK-8, also receives Rockleigh pupils)
- High school
- Northern Valley Regional HS at Old Tappan
Northvale high schoolers attend Northern Valley Regional HS at Old Tappan, part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District. In 2024-25 it recorded 76.0% proficiency in grade 9 English and 56.6% in Algebra I, with a 98.0% graduation rate and mean SAT scores of 619 math / 619 reading. The state means were 50.0% grade 9 English, 38.1% Algebra I and 519 math / 533 reading. K-8 is Northvale Public School District (PK-8, also receives Rockleigh pupils), which recorded 73.5% proficiency in English and 63.3% in maths district-wide.
What people wish they knew
- Lowest assessments and lowest tax bill of the eight. If the budget is the constraint, start here.
- The effective rate, 2.266%, is among the highest of the eight. Low bill, high rate.
- K-8 results are the lowest of the eight: 73.5% proficient in English and 63.3% in math, against 84.1% in Haworth and 83.1% in Demarest.
- No NJ Transit bus at all. Rockland Coaches 20/20T to Port Authority is the only bus service.
- The borough website moved to boroughofnorthvale.com. The old address redirects.
- High school is Northern Valley Regional at Old Tappan.