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The borough of East Rutherford is situated on a total area of 4.052 square miles in southern Bergen County. It is bordered on the north by Carlstadt and Wallington, on the south by Rutherford, by the Passaic River on the west and the Meadowlands on its eastern border.
As of the 2020 United States census, the borough’s population was 10,022, an increase of 1,109 (+12.4%) from the 2010 census count of 8,913.
East Rutherford is the home of the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which includes Meadowlands Arena and MetLife Stadium, and used to be the location of Giants Stadium. The arena is best known as the former home of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League and of the New Jersey Nets of the National Basketball Association, and for hosting college basketball, arena football, concerts, and other events. MetLife Stadium is home of the New York Giants and New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL), the New York Guardians of the XFL, and hosted Super Bowl XLVIII, which made East Rutherford the smallest city ever to host a Super Bowl.
The borough is also the site of American Dream Meadowlands, a large shopping center and entertainment complex that was originally named “Xanadu” which opened on October 25, 2019.
The East Rutherford School District serves students from grades K-8 in 2 school buildings, McKenzie School for PreK-5, and Alfred S. Faust School for students in grades 6-8. High school students, grades 9-12, attend the Henry P. Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford, which serves high school students from both Carlstadt and East Rutherford. The school is part of the Carlstadt-East Rutherford Regional School District. Students are also eligible to attend the secondary education programs offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus.