Carlstadt vs Midland Park

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

Carlstadt 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 6,343 in Carlstadt). Midland Park has the higher median household income ($140,063 vs $94,854 in Carlstadt). Midland Park has the higher median home value ($586,200 vs $523,800 in Carlstadt).

Population, income & housing

	Carlstadt	Midland Park
Population	6,343	6,996
Median age	44.0 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,854	$140,063
Median home value	$523,800	$586,200
Median gross rent	$1,503	$1,837
Housing units	2,733	3,112
Homeownership rate	61.0%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlstadt	Midland Park
Population	6,178 → 6,343 (+2.7%)	7,244 → 6,996 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$88,827 → $94,854 (+6.8%)	$121,162 → $140,063 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$408,600 → $523,800 (+28.2%)	$513,400 → $586,200 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,503 (+16.5%)	$1,781 → $1,837 (+3.1%)

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

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)

	Carlstadt	Midland Park
Under 5	5.2%	6.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	13.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	17.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.6%
75 and over	6.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlstadt	Midland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlstadt	Midland Park
No high school diploma	4.3%	3.4%
High school graduate	40.2%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlstadt	Midland Park
Drove alone	59.5%	70.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	6.1%
Public transit	17.9%	4.3%
Walked	3.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	17.4%
Other means	6.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlstadt	Midland Park
1-unit, detached	48.3%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	42.2%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlstadt	Midland Park
Poverty rate	10.5%	1.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1954	1953