Closter vs Oradell

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

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

Closter has the higher population (8,544 vs 8,197 in Oradell). Oradell has the higher median household income ($214,736 vs $187,500 in Closter). Closter has the higher median home value ($820,100 vs $702,400 in Oradell).

Population, income & housing

	Closter	Oradell
Population	8,544	8,197
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$187,500	$214,736
Median home value	$820,100	$702,400
Median gross rent	$2,651	$2,202
Housing units	2,723	2,749
Homeownership rate	82.0%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	71.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Closter	Oradell
Population	8,565 → 8,544 (-0.2%)	8,141 → 8,197 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$140,357 → $187,500 (+33.6%)	$132,358 → $214,736 (+62.2%)
Median home value	$674,000 → $820,100 (+21.7%)	$615,500 → $702,400 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,188 → $2,651 (+21.2%)	$1,651 → $2,202 (+33.4%)

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

Oradell

Population

8,1418,197

Median household income

$132,358$214,736

Median home value

$615,500$702,400

Median gross rent

$1,651$2,202

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Closter	Oradell
Under 5	5.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	22.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	5.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	19.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.3%
75 and over	7.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Closter	Oradell
White (non-Hispanic)	47.8%	72.4%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	32.2%	14.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Closter	Oradell
No high school diploma	5.3%	1.0%
High school graduate	14.2%	12.0%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	39.2%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	32.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Closter	Oradell
Drove alone	58.2%	47.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	2.2%
Public transit	8.1%	10.8%
Walked	3.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	37.3%
Other means	1.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Closter	Oradell
1-unit, detached	91.3%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Closter	Oradell
Poverty rate	7.2%	3.6%
Average household size	3.22	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1957	1956