Closter vs Cresskill

A side-by-side comparison of Closter and Cresskill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cresskill has the higher population (9,101 vs 8,544 in Closter). Closter has the higher median household income ($187,500 vs $173,293 in Cresskill). Closter has the higher median home value ($820,100 vs $764,800 in Cresskill).

Population, income & housing

	Closter	Cresskill
Population	8,544	9,101
Median age	40.3 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$187,500	$173,293
Median home value	$820,100	$764,800
Median gross rent	$2,651	$2,311
Housing units	2,723	3,200
Homeownership rate	82.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	58.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Closter	Cresskill
Population	8,565 → 8,544 (-0.2%)	8,699 → 9,101 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$140,357 → $187,500 (+33.6%)	$151,442 → $173,293 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$674,000 → $820,100 (+21.7%)	$677,500 → $764,800 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,188 → $2,651 (+21.2%)	$2,686 → $2,311 (-14.0%)

Closter

Population

8,5658,544

Median household income

$140,357$187,500

Median home value

$674,000$820,100

Median gross rent

$2,188$2,651

Cresskill

Population

8,6999,101

Median household income

$151,442$173,293

Median home value

$677,500$764,800

Median gross rent

$2,686$2,311

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Closter	Cresskill
Under 5	5.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.6%	20.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.5%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.6%	18.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.9%
75 and over	7.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Closter	Cresskill
White (non-Hispanic)	47.8%	59.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	32.2%	27.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Closter	Cresskill
No high school diploma	5.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	14.2%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Closter	Cresskill
Drove alone	58.2%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	4.1%
Public transit	8.1%	4.4%
Walked	3.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	17.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Closter	Cresskill
1-unit, detached	91.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.8%	9.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Closter	Cresskill
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.3%
Average household size	3.22	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1957	1964