Allendale vs Woodcliff Lake

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

Allendale and Woodcliff Lake 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 6,097 in Woodcliff Lake). Woodcliff Lake has the higher median household income ($211,233 vs $156,992 in Allendale). Woodcliff Lake has the higher median home value ($901,800 vs $764,600 in Allendale).

Population, income & housing

	Allendale	Woodcliff Lake
Population	6,820	6,097
Median age	45.7 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$156,992	$211,233
Median home value	$764,600	$901,800
Median gross rent	$2,648	$2,629
Housing units	2,505	2,221
Homeownership rate	77.4%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.0%	77.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allendale	Woodcliff Lake
Population	6,765 → 6,820 (+0.8%)	5,832 → 6,097 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$170,968 → $156,992 (-8.2%)	$171,103 → $211,233 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$757,000 → $764,600 (+1.0%)	$812,300 → $901,800 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,919 → $2,648 (+38.0%)	$2,069 → $2,629 (+27.1%)

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

Woodcliff Lake

Population

5,8326,097

Median household income

$171,103$211,233

Median home value

$812,300$901,800

Median gross rent

$2,069$2,629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allendale	Woodcliff Lake
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	4.1%
25 to 34	4.6%	4.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.1%
45 to 54	20.1%	18.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.7%
75 and over	8.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allendale	Woodcliff Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.0%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.5%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allendale	Woodcliff Lake
No high school diploma	2.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	9.2%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	16.2%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	38.4%	46.5%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allendale	Woodcliff Lake
Drove alone	54.6%	60.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	4.2%
Public transit	11.4%	6.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	4.8%
Worked from home	30.9%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allendale	Woodcliff Lake
1-unit, detached	70.5%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	18.8%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allendale	Woodcliff Lake
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	38	31
Median year structure built	1966	1969