Towaco, NJ
Roofing in Towaco, NJ, from the Train Station to the Passaic
Towaco's NJ Transit station sits between U.S. Route 202 and Whitehall Road. It opened in 1870 as Whitehall and became Towaco in 1905. For a ceiling stain or a lifted shingle in the village, start with roof repair. The call goes to a contractor who already works across Montville Township: call (862) 430-2399.
Next door
Between Kinnelon, Lincoln Park and the Passaic
Wikipedia places Towaco in the northeast corner of Montville Township. Kinnelon lies to the north, Lincoln Park to the east, and Fairfield Township, across the Passaic River, to the southeast. The ZIP code is 07082.
Camp Dawson, a township recreation area, is at 80 Jacksonville Road. Pine Brook, the other village in the township, is the next stop: Pine Brook roofing covers its rivers and its flood gauge. Township residents can sign up for Nixle and Reverse 9-1-1 storm alerts through the Office of Emergency Management.
The houses here
The houses here
Towaco is part of Montville Township, and housing-age figures are published for the township as a whole. Its 2025 housing plan, using American Community Survey estimates, counts 8,272 homes: 846 built before 1950, 1,739 before 1960 and 3,190 before 1970. The largest group, built from 1970 through 1999, is old enough that the roof's age is worth asking about. The 2020 census counted 1,932 housing units in Towaco itself, 4.1 percent of them vacant, per Wikipedia's summary.
Local numbers
Five Towaco figures
The 2020 census counted 5,624 people in Towaco and 1,932 housing units, 4.1 percent of them vacant, according to Wikipedia. The village sits at an elevation of 223 feet, and the station's two parking lots hold 220 spaces.
Montville Township as a whole counted 7,897 households in 2020, of which 7,084 were owner-occupied and 813 renter-occupied. An 1881 account on the township's website describes a village then called Whitehall, with a post office and a Methodist church built about 1851.
Around Montville
Before you call
Keep the street address, what you noticed and the roof's age close by, then call (862) 430-2399. If you rent, your landlord decides on roof work, so that conversation comes first. Served: Montville, Towaco, Pine Brook, Boonton and Lake Hiawatha.
