Cliffside Park vs Ridgewood

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

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

Ridgewood has the higher population (26,076 vs 25,580 in Cliffside Park). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($217,250 vs $94,960 in Cliffside Park). Ridgewood has the higher median home value ($882,700 vs $577,200 in Cliffside Park).

Population, income & housing

	Cliffside Park	Ridgewood
Population	25,580	26,076
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,960	$217,250
Median home value	$577,200	$882,700
Median gross rent	$1,783	$2,340
Housing units	11,223	9,166
Homeownership rate	49.8%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	80.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cliffside Park	Ridgewood
Population	25,126 → 25,580 (+1.8%)	25,179 → 26,076 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$72,633 → $94,960 (+30.7%)	$184,355 → $217,250 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$447,900 → $577,200 (+28.9%)	$763,300 → $882,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $1,783 (+21.5%)	$2,026 → $2,340 (+15.5%)

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

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)

	Cliffside Park	Ridgewood
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	22.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	7.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	18.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	7.3%
75 and over	7.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cliffside Park	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	45.0%	67.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	13.2%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	32.4%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cliffside Park	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	14.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	22.4%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	43.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cliffside Park	Ridgewood
Drove alone	46.1%	50.1%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.4%
Public transit	17.6%	12.2%
Walked	5.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	17.6%	28.6%
Other means	3.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cliffside Park	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	17.5%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	27.6%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	29.2%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cliffside Park	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	11.3%	3.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1970	1950