Allendale vs Midland Park

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

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

Midland Park has the higher population (6,996 vs 6,820 in Allendale). Allendale has the higher median household income ($156,992 vs $140,063 in Midland Park). Allendale has the higher median home value ($764,600 vs $586,200 in Midland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Midland Park
Population	6,820	6,996
Median age	45.7 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$156,992	$140,063
Median home value	$764,600	$586,200
Median gross rent	$2,648	$1,837
Housing units	2,505	3,112
Homeownership rate	77.4%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Midland Park
Population	6,765 → 6,820 (+0.8%)	7,244 → 6,996 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$170,968 → $156,992 (-8.2%)	$121,162 → $140,063 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$757,000 → $764,600 (+1.0%)	$513,400 → $586,200 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,919 → $2,648 (+38.0%)	$1,781 → $1,837 (+3.1%)

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

Midland Park

Population

7,2446,996

Median household income

$121,162$140,063

Median home value

$513,400$586,200

Median gross rent

$1,781$1,837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Midland Park
Under 5	5.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	23.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	20.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.6%
75 and over	8.7%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Midland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Midland Park
No high school diploma	2.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	9.2%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Midland Park
Drove alone	54.6%	70.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	6.1%
Public transit	11.4%	4.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Midland Park
1-unit, detached	70.5%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.9%
20 or more units	18.8%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Midland Park
Poverty rate	3.3%	1.6%
Average household size	2.88	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1966	1953