Cliffside Park vs Elmwood Park

A side-by-side comparison of Cliffside Park and Elmwood Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cliffside Park has the higher population (25,580 vs 21,287 in Elmwood Park). Elmwood Park has the higher median household income ($100,852 vs $94,960 in Cliffside Park). Cliffside Park has the higher median home value ($577,200 vs $456,000 in Elmwood Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffside Park	Elmwood Park
Population	25,580	21,287
Median age	41.0 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,960	$100,852
Median home value	$577,200	$456,000
Median gross rent	$1,783	$2,025
Housing units	11,223	7,561
Homeownership rate	49.8%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffside Park	Elmwood Park
Population	25,126 → 25,580 (+1.8%)	20,059 → 21,287 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$72,633 → $94,960 (+30.7%)	$77,334 → $100,852 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$447,900 → $577,200 (+28.9%)	$362,700 → $456,000 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $1,783 (+21.5%)	$1,660 → $2,025 (+22.0%)

Cliffside Park

Population

25,12625,580

Median household income

$72,633$94,960

Median home value

$447,900$577,200

Median gross rent

$1,468$1,783

Elmwood Park

Population

20,05921,287

Median household income

$77,334$100,852

Median home value

$362,700$456,000

Median gross rent

$1,660$2,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffside Park	Elmwood Park
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.8%
75 and over	7.5%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffside Park	Elmwood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	45.0%	48.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	13.2%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffside Park	Elmwood Park
No high school diploma	14.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	22.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffside Park	Elmwood Park
Drove alone	46.1%	71.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.7%
Public transit	17.6%	7.1%
Walked	5.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	17.6%	7.8%
Other means	3.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffside Park	Elmwood Park
1-unit, detached	17.5%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	27.6%	37.9%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	29.2%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cliffside Park	Elmwood Park
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1970	1957