Teterboro, New Jersey
Teterboro is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 61, a decrease of 6 from the 2010 census count of 67, which in turn reflected an increase of 49 from the 18 counted in the 2000 census. After being ranked as the fourth-smallest municipality, by population, in New Jersey through the 2010 census, the borough became the third-smallest following the 2022 merger of Pine Valley into Pine Hill.
Teterboro is the home of Teterboro Airport, which takes up a majority of the borough as well as portions of Hasbrouck Heights and Moonachie.
History
Teterboro was incorporated on March 26, 1917, from land that was part of the boroughs of Moonachie, Little Ferry and Lodi Township. The borough was enlarged on July 5, 1918, by an area annexed from Hasbrouck Heights. The borough was named for Walter C. Teter, a New York investment banker, who had purchased the land in 1917 to build a racetrack and developed a site, reclaiming marshland and building an airport and an 18-hole golf course. The name Teterboro was changed on April 14, 1937, to Bendix Borough, but reverted to Teterboro Borough on June 1, 1943. In 1951, Vera Martucci became the first woman to be elected mayor of the borough.Throughout the borough's history, neighboring municipalities, such as Hasbrouck Heights and Hackensack, New Jersey|South Hackensack], have made repeated attempts to dissolve Teterboro, in hopes of absorbing the borough's ratables, while state legislators have argued that the population is too small for the borough to justify its own existence, though all such attempts have met with failure. In 1966 Vito Albanese and Ned J. Parsekian introduced legislation in the New Jersey General Assembly that would eliminate the borough of Teterboro and divide it up among four adjacent municipalities. In July 2010, a bill was introduced in the New Jersey Legislature in a renewed effort to divide Teterboro among neighboring municipalities. The bill, sponsored by Senator Robert M. Gordon and Assembly members Connie Wagner and Vincent Prieto, stalled in the state Legislature after its introduction, due to opposition from borough officials, residents, business and land owners, and the neighboring municipalities of Moonachie and Hasbrouck Heights. Legislators attempted to include a 20-year tax abatement within the bill to alleviate the concerns of Teterboro business and property owners who were concerned that taxes could spike if the borough was dissolved. The legality of such an abatement was also called into question.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.11 square miles, including 1.11 square miles of land and <0.01 square miles of water.The borough borders the Bergen County municipalities of Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Little Ferry, Moonachie and South Hackensack.
Demographics
2010 census
The 2010 United States census counted 67 people, 25 households, and 13 families in the borough. The population density was. There were 27 housing units at an average density of. The racial makeup was 67.16% White, 4.48% Black or African American, 2.99% Native American, 2.99% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 8.96% from Race and ethnicity in [the United States census|other races], and 13.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 35.82% of the population.Of the 25 households, 28.0% had children under the age of 18; 36.0% were married couples living together; 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present and 48.0% were non-families. Of all households, 32.0% were made up of individuals and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.85.
23.9% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 32.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.5 years. For every 100 females, the population had 86.1 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 96.2 males.
The Census Bureau's 2006–2010 American Community Survey showed that median household income was $78,571 and the median family income was $79,107. Males had a median income of $72,031 versus $24,286 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $32,446. About none of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 100.0% of those age 65 or over.
Same-sex couples headed no households in either 2010 or 2000.
2000 census
As of the 2000 United States census there were 18 people, 7 households, and 4 families residing in the borough. The population density was 16.2 people per square mile. There were 8 housing units at an average density of 7.2 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 83.33% White, and 16.67% from two or more races.There were 7 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples living together, 28.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 14.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 33.3% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 50.0% from 25 to 44, 5.6% from 45 to 64, and 5.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.0 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $44,167, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $18,750 versus $38,750 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $72,613. None of the population or families were below the poverty line.
Borough officials stated that the 2000 census had failed to count any of the residents of the Vincent Place housing units who had moved into the newly built homes in 1999. The uncounted residents, including the Mayor and all four council members, would help account for a projected tripling of the population enumerated by the census. Previously, the Mayor and Council, as well as several other Vincent Place residents, had all been residents of Huyler Street, the only other street zoned as a residential area in the borough. In a March 2010 article, published in The Record, Teterboro's municipal manager at the time noted that the actual population of the town had grown to approximately 60.
Government
Local government
Teterboro is governed under the 1923 Municipal Manager Law form of New Jersey municipal government. The borough is one of seven municipalities statewide that use this form of government. The governing body is comprised of a five-member Borough Council, with all positions elected at-large on a non-partisan basis to four-year terms on a concurrent basis in elections held as part of the November general election. At a reorganization meeting held in July after each election, the Council members provide nominations from within itself before electing one of its members to serve as mayor., Teterboro's Borough Council consists of Mayor John P. Watt, Christie Emden, Juan Ramirez, Gregory Stein and John B. Watt, all serving concurrent terms of office ending December 31, 2026.
Starting in January 2016, the Moonachie Police Department assumed responsibility for all law enforcement services, which are provided under contract. From 2012 through 2015, Moonachie had patrolled the southern portion of the borough, while the northern portion was covered by the Bergen County Police Department.
In 2018, the borough had an average property tax bill of $2,059, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $11,780 in Bergen County and $8,767 statewide.
Federal, state and county representation
Teterboro is located in the 9th Congressional District and is part of New Jersey's 38th state legislative district.Politics
As of March 2011, there were a total of 39 registered voters in Teterboro, of which 12 were registered as Democrats, 10 were registered as Republicans and 17 were registered as Unaffiliated. There were no voters registered to other parties. Among the borough's 2010 Census population, 58.2% were registered to vote, including 76.5% of those ages 18 and over.Education
The municipality is part of the Hasbrouck Heights School District, which serves public school students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Hasbrouck Heights and from Teterboro. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district, comprised of four schools, had an enrollment of 1,745 students and 145.0 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1. Schools in the district areEuclid Elementary School with 338 students in grades Pre-K–5,
Lincoln Elementary School with 386 students in grades Pre-K–5,
Hasbrouck Heights Middle School with 426 students in grades 6–8 and
Hasbrouck Heights High School with 558 students in grades 9–12.
Previously, the municipality was in the Teterboro School District, a non-operating district. The Teterboro district was dissolved on July 1, 2010, and merged into the Hasbrouck Heights School District. Prior to July 2010, public school students in Kindergarten through eighth grade attended Memorial School in South Hackensack, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the South Hackensack School District. High school students then had an option to attend Hackensack High School of the Hackensack Public Schools, the receiving district for South Hackensack students, or Hasbrouck Heights High School. Teterboro students already enrolled in South Hackensack or Hackensack schools, prior to July 2010, were given the option to remain in those schools.
Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, Bergen County [Technical High School, Teterboro Campus] and Bergen County Technical High School, Paramus Campus. The district offers programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission based on a selective application process and tuition covered by the student's home school district.
Transportation
Roads and highways
, the borough had a total of of roadways, of which were maintained by the municipality, by Bergen County and by the New Jersey Department of Transportation.U.S. Route 46 travels east–west through Teterboro to the north of Teterboro Airport, while a small piece of Interstate 80 travels along the northern edge of the borough. Route 17 travels parallel to the Hasbrouck Heights – Teterboro border on the Hasbrouck Heights side.
File:Teterboro Airport.jpg|thumb|left|Teterboro Airport is owned and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Public transportation
Teterboro is served by NJ Transit at the Teterboro train station, located on Williams Avenue near Route 17. The station offers service on the Pascack Valley Line, which runs north–south to Hoboken Terminal with connections via the Secaucus Junction transfer station to New Jersey Transit one-stop service to New York Penn Station and to other NJ Transit rail service, and at Hoboken Terminal to other New Jersey Transit rail lines, the PATH train at the [Hoboken (PATH station)|Hoboken PATH station], New York Waterways ferry service to the World Financial Center and other destinations and Hudson-Bergen Light Rail service.NJ Transit provides bus service on the 161, 164 and 165 routes to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, to Newark on the 76 route, with local service on the 772 route.