Home services in River Vale, NJ

River Vale's housing dates mostly from the postwar decades. ACS 2020–2024 5-year estimates put the median year built at 1971 (±4 years). About 27% of housing units were built in the 1950s and about 36% in the 1960s and 1970s. Only about 4% predate 1940, and about 20% date from 1990 or later. About 77% of the township's roughly 3,550 units are single-family detached houses. There are also about 400 attached single-family units (±144) and about 205 units in buildings with 50 or more units (±126). About 90% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Utility gas is the main heating fuel in about 85% of occupied homes, and electricity in about 13%. Fuel oil is under 1%. The township Building Department asks that inspections be requested online through its SDL portal or by email.