Cliffside Park vs Paramus

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

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

Paramus has the higher population (26,500 vs 25,580 in Cliffside Park). Paramus has the higher median household income ($139,707 vs $94,960 in Cliffside Park). Paramus has the higher median home value ($736,000 vs $577,200 in Cliffside Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffside Park	Paramus
Population	25,580	26,500
Median age	41.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,960	$139,707
Median home value	$577,200	$736,000
Median gross rent	$1,783	$2,845
Housing units	11,223	8,898
Homeownership rate	49.8%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffside Park	Paramus
Population	25,126 → 25,580 (+1.8%)	26,503 → 26,500 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$72,633 → $94,960 (+30.7%)	$128,306 → $139,707 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$447,900 → $577,200 (+28.9%)	$600,200 → $736,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $1,783 (+21.5%)	$2,011 → $2,845 (+41.5%)

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

Paramus

Population

26,50326,500

Median household income

$128,306$139,707

Median home value

$600,200$736,000

Median gross rent

$2,011$2,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cliffside Park	Paramus
Under 5	4.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.9%
75 and over	7.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffside Park	Paramus
White (non-Hispanic)	45.0%	56.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	13.2%	23.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffside Park	Paramus
No high school diploma	14.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	22.4%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffside Park	Paramus
Drove alone	46.1%	63.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.7%
Public transit	17.6%	7.8%
Walked	5.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.6%	21.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffside Park	Paramus
1-unit, detached	17.5%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	27.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	29.2%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cliffside Park	Paramus
Poverty rate	11.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1970	1963