Demarest NJ

Living in Demarest, New Jersey

Demarest, NJ is a small (pop. 4845), affluent, pleasant, Bergen County community just 8 miles from the George Washington Bridge. Residents are typically professionals or business executives who like the small town magic, peaceful environment, fine schools, and the effortless commute to NYC. Demarest is a borough for people, and not for commerce. Demarest residents prefer its quiet tree-lined streets and varied landscape to the flat monotony of the city.

Education Excels in Demarest

The mission of the Demarest schools is to develop in each student a love of learning, strong self-esteem, ethical values, and respect and appreciation for diversity to enable each student to reach his/her maximum potential. To accomplish this, the Demarest Board of Education develops a nurturing, supportive environment, which provides knowledge and skills needed in a changing society; fosters creativity, independence, adaptability, citizenship and the ability to work cooperatively and utilizes technology. Special programs exist for the gifted, special needs, preschool and day care. Demarest schools proudly achieve SAT scores at least 50 points above the state averages, and ninety-two percent (92%) of high-school graduates go on to attend college. Elementary schools include St. Joseph’s/Sacred Heart School, Luther Lee Emerson School, County Road School, and Demarest Middle School. Secondary schools include Academy of the Holy Angels and Northern Valley Regional High School. Demarest, NJ students can attend the highly esteemed Fairleigh Dickinson in Teaneck, Bergen Community College, an excellent junior college in Paramus and the four-year college Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah.

Houses of Worship in Demarest, NJ

Demarest Baptist Church, Han In Korean’s Church of NJ, St.. Joseph’s RC Church, St. Joseph’s Korean Catholic Church Mission, United Methodist Church, Temple Beth El, Temple Emanuel, and the Old Church Cultural Center.

Demarest Nature Center

Education is the heart of it all and the hope for the future. The primary purpose of the Demarest Nature Center Association is to foster an environmental ethic in its citizens through the preservation of green spaces close to the hearts of the communities, and protecting wildlife living in the nature center. The protected area includes Wakelee Field, the Demarest Playground, the Swim Club, areas used by the DPW, and the contiguous Closter tract.

Demarest Public Library

Patrons make 18,000 visits annually to the Demarest Public Library collection of 29,000 books and periodicals and check out materials 38,000 times. Sixty-three percent of all checkouts are children’s materials. The Demarest Nature Center Association provides subscriptions of nature and environmentally oriented publications to the Demarest Public Library.

Demarest Homes

There are over 1800 homes in Demarest, NJ built with the conveniences of 21st century technology amid the beauty of the Duck Pond and the many acres of forest and open recreation land that give Demarest its special character. Homes in Bergen County are hardly a gamble as Bergen County home values appreciated at one of the highest rates in the country during the past few years. Houses in country living style include windows, skylights and French sliders to allow the beauty of nature to enter. Many Demarest, NJ homes are within walking distance of local schools and NYC buses.