Wayne, NJ Real Estate, Homes For Sale, School & Community Information

The Laurelwood Arboretum is a botanically diverse, 30-acre park located on Pines Lake in Wayne. It is open from 8:00 am until dusk. Visitors enjoy gorgeous gardens, numerous walking trails, streams, a lake, and loads of wildlife throughout the park! The Laurelwood Arboretum is the perfect place to spend an hour or a full day!

Wayne Raquet Club hosted Rally for the Cure this past Saturday, September 27th. This was a fabulous community event with some fun and some serious tennis. Participants enjoyed some great special events (clock your serve w/radar, beat the pro, hit the bull's-eye and others) plus other activities (ping-pong, beanbag toss, ladder golf) for players and non-players. We had great goody bags and tons of prizes - not to mention fantastic food.

Wayne Township is situated in central Passaic County and contains a total of 24.89 square miles. It is suburban in nature and is bordered on the north by Franklin Lakes (Bergen County) and Pompton Lakes, on the west by Pequannock Township and Lincoln Park (Morris County), on the south by Totowa and Little Falls and Fairfield (Essex County), and on the east by North Haledon and Haledon.

Route 23 is a four-lane state-maintained highway running north and south along the townships westerly border. It provides access to I-287 a few miles to the north and I-80 and State Route 46 at the south end of the Township. The Willowbrook Mall “a regional shopping center” is located at the intersection of Rt. 23, Route 46 and Interstate Route 80. Its retail business districts are active and stable. Wayne is home to many office buildings and shopping malls, as a result the township sees an influx of workers and shoppers from surrounding communities.

Wayne is the third largest municipality in Passaic County. Population held steady over the decade to 2010 and moderate growth is expected to continue as little land is left for larger scale development within the township.

Total Population
Area 2000 2010
Passaic County 490,374 501,226
Bloomingdale 7,610 7,656
Clifton 79,062 84,136
Haledon 8,252 8,318
Hawthorne 18,218 18,791
Little Falls 11,793 14,432
North Haledon 7,920 8,417
Passaic 67,858 69,781
Paterson 149,222 146,199
Pompton Lakes 10,640 11,097
Prospect Park 5,779 5,865
Ringwood 12,396 12,228
Totowa 9,892 10,804
Wanaque 10,266 11,116
Wayne 54,069 54,717
West Milford 26,410 25,850
Woodland Park 10,987 11,819

The predominate land use is residential single family homes ranging from approximately 2,400+/- to 4,000+/- square feet in size. The majority of the homes were constructed between the 1940's and 1980's. There are some in-fill lots and developments which provide new construction. In the past few decades condominiums have become more common as land becomes more scarce and expensive in North New Jersey. Vacancy rates typically are low for all types of real estate.

There are numerous shopping malls, restaurants, and related services available throughout Wayne Township. There are numerous financial institutions, 12 public schools, 6 private schools and one four-year college. In addition, there are 28 houses of worship. Wayne Township has paid police protection and five volunteer fire fighting companies.

Wayne is a stable, well maintained community with a diverse base of housing, commercial and industrial properties. Overall Wayne offers a supportive and dynamic environment for a wide variety of suburbanites and marketability should remain satisfactory into the foreseeable future. CNN Money's list marked Wayne, NJ, as one of the top 100 Best Places to Live in America.

Wayne is a great place to live ! There are many wonderful activities available to children and adults. Both Wayne Hills High School and Wayne Valley High School are top rated schools in New Jersey! It is a wonderful place to raise a family.