 About 2.8% of families and 3.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.4% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.Saddle River is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government, which is used in 218 of 565 municipalities statewide, making it the most common form of government in New Jersey.The governing body consists of a mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, on a partisan basis as part of the November general election.