Bergenfield vs Ridgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Bergenfield and Ridgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bergenfield has the higher population (28,269 vs 26,076 in Ridgewood). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($217,250 vs $124,083 in Bergenfield). Ridgewood has the higher median home value ($882,700 vs $469,200 in Bergenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bergenfield	Ridgewood
Population	28,269	26,076
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,083	$217,250
Median home value	$469,200	$882,700
Median gross rent	$1,744	$2,340
Housing units	9,677	9,166
Homeownership rate	70.6%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	80.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bergenfield	Ridgewood
Population	27,373 → 28,269 (+3.3%)	25,179 → 26,076 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$96,335 → $124,083 (+28.8%)	$184,355 → $217,250 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$358,200 → $469,200 (+31.0%)	$763,300 → $882,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,744 (+22.8%)	$2,026 → $2,340 (+15.5%)

Bergenfield

Population

27,37328,269

Median household income

$96,335$124,083

Median home value

$358,200$469,200

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,744

Ridgewood

Population

25,17926,076

Median household income

$184,355$217,250

Median home value

$763,300$882,700

Median gross rent

$2,026$2,340

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bergenfield	Ridgewood
Under 5	5.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	22.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.3%
75 and over	6.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bergenfield	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	67.1%
Black or African American	8.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	26.4%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bergenfield	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	7.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	23.9%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	21.3%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	35.0%	43.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bergenfield	Ridgewood
Drove alone	71.0%	50.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.4%
Public transit	11.2%	12.2%
Walked	1.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	28.6%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bergenfield	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	69.9%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	4.6%
20 or more units	6.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Bergenfield	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	6.1%	3.7%
Average household size	2.99	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1955	1950