Glen Rock 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 12,133, an bump of 532 (+4.6%) from the 2010 census enlarge of 11,601, which in approach reflected increased by 55 (+0.5%) from the 11,546 counted in the 2000 census.

The borough has been one of the state’s highest-income communities. Based on data from the American Community Survey for 2013–2017, Glen Rock residents had a median household allowance of $162,443, ranked 6th in the make a clean breast among municipalities with beyond 10,000 residents, more than double the statewide median of $76,475.

Glen Rock was voted one of the best places to enliven in New Jersey for its low crime rate, good schools, close proximity to New York City and its high property values, including in 2018, when Niche ranked it the 19th best place to enliven in New Jersey.

Glen Rock was formed on September 14, 1894, from portions of Ridgewood Township and Saddle River Township during the “Boroughitis” phenomenon next sweeping through Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in the county in 1894 alone. The main impetus for the break from Ridgewood Township was the decision to have Glen Rock students attend a new school closer to the center of Ridgewood otherwise of their one-room schoolhouse located at the intersection of Ackerman Avenue and Rock Road. Originally, the borough was to be named “South Ridgewood”, but in order to prevent confusion similar to the neighboring Ridgewood Village, resident Monsieur Viel suggested the rotate name of Glen Rock.