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Hewitt, New Jersey.

A community in Passaic County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Passaic County’s.

Living in Hewitt, Passaic County, New Jersey

Hewitt, in Passaic County, had 1,912 people in the 2020 census. 94% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 6% are rented. Unemployment in Passaic County was 5.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Passaic County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 1,912 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Hewitt for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.5% Passaic County, August 2026; 6.8% a year before
Homes 94% lived in by their owners; 6% rented
  • 36%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 45 mintypical commute

What people in Passaic County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Manufacturing11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Passaic County had 174,268 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 20°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 20° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 20°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 20° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 64°. About 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wanaque Raymond Dam weather station, 9 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Passaic County

  1. St. Josephs University Medical CentGeneral hospital4,616FTE
  2. Paterson Public School DistrictSchool district3,667FTE
  3. Passaic City School DistrictSchool district2,050FTE
  4. Clifton Public School DistrictSchool district1,709FTE
  5. Wayne Township Public School DistrictSchool district1,420FTE
  6. William Paterson University of New JerseyUniversity or college1,246
  7. L3Harris TechnologiesAirborne navigational systems manufacturing1,200
  8. Passaic County Community CollegeTwo-year college1,178

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 213 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 26,636 people in all across the county; Hewitt has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Inland floodingRelatively high
  2. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  3. Strong windRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Hewitt’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Passaic County.