And the Census Bureau did its count in the spring. A Census Bureau official said she does not know how Teterboro's numbers could be off, but said every town was counted the same way. Before the census forms are mailed to residents in any town, census officials are sent to scour back streets in search of inhabitants, Morris said. They also scan post offices and housing records to know exactly where to send the forms, she said. Every resident is supposed to receive a form and, if it is not returned, a census worker is sent to the address.
Residents acknowledge there has been a lot of moving around in their tiny town.
That couldn't be right, she reasoned, because her six-member family would account for a third of the population. There's more than that on this street. Tiffany's parents attribute the undercount to a lack of tangible signs of a community, such as a school or police or fire departments. Teterboro children are bused to South Hackensack or Little Ferry schools. Little Ferry and Moonachie provide police coverage, and Hasbrouck Heights handles fire coverage.