Carlstadt vs Woodcliff Lake

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

Carlstadt 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.

Carlstadt has the higher population (6,343 vs 6,097 in Woodcliff Lake). Woodcliff Lake has the higher median household income ($211,233 vs $94,854 in Carlstadt). Woodcliff Lake has the higher median home value ($901,800 vs $523,800 in Carlstadt).

Population, income & housing

	Carlstadt	Woodcliff Lake
Population	6,343	6,097
Median age	44.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$94,854	$211,233
Median home value	$523,800	$901,800
Median gross rent	$1,503	$2,629
Housing units	2,733	2,221
Homeownership rate	61.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	77.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlstadt	Woodcliff Lake
Population	6,178 → 6,343 (+2.7%)	5,832 → 6,097 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$88,827 → $94,854 (+6.8%)	$171,103 → $211,233 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$408,600 → $523,800 (+28.2%)	$812,300 → $901,800 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,503 (+16.5%)	$2,069 → $2,629 (+27.1%)

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

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)

	Carlstadt	Woodcliff Lake
Under 5	5.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	9.5%	20.0%
18 to 24	13.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	4.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	17.2%	18.6%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	7.7%
75 and over	6.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlstadt	Woodcliff Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	8.7%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	5.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlstadt	Woodcliff Lake
No high school diploma	4.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	40.2%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	46.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlstadt	Woodcliff Lake
Drove alone	59.5%	60.1%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.2%
Public transit	17.9%	6.3%
Walked	3.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	5.0%	23.9%
Other means	6.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlstadt	Woodcliff Lake
1-unit, detached	48.3%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	42.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carlstadt	Woodcliff Lake
Poverty rate	10.5%	2.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1954	1969