Allendale vs Carlstadt

A side-by-side comparison of Allendale and Carlstadt: population, income, housing, and more.

Allendale and Carlstadt are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allendale has the higher population (6,820 vs 6,343 in Carlstadt). Allendale has the higher median household income ($156,992 vs $94,854 in Carlstadt). Allendale has the higher median home value ($764,600 vs $523,800 in Carlstadt).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Carlstadt
Population	6,820	6,343
Median age	45.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$156,992	$94,854
Median home value	$764,600	$523,800
Median gross rent	$2,648	$1,503
Housing units	2,505	2,733
Homeownership rate	77.4%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Carlstadt
Population	6,765 → 6,820 (+0.8%)	6,178 → 6,343 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$170,968 → $156,992 (-8.2%)	$88,827 → $94,854 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$757,000 → $764,600 (+1.0%)	$408,600 → $523,800 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,919 → $2,648 (+38.0%)	$1,290 → $1,503 (+16.5%)

Allendale

Population

6,7656,820

Median household income

$170,968$156,992

Median home value

$757,000$764,600

Median gross rent

$1,919$2,648

Carlstadt

Population

6,1786,343

Median household income

$88,827$94,854

Median home value

$408,600$523,800

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Carlstadt
Under 5	5.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	23.7%	9.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	13.7%
25 to 34	4.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	20.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Carlstadt
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	68.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	17.0%	8.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Carlstadt
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	9.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Carlstadt
Drove alone	54.6%	59.5%
Carpooled	1.8%	8.0%
Public transit	11.4%	17.9%
Walked	0.7%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Carlstadt
1-unit, detached	70.5%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	42.2%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	2.3%
20 or more units	18.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Carlstadt
Poverty rate	3.3%	10.5%
Average household size	2.88	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1966	1954