Closter vs Upper Saddle River

A side-by-side comparison of Closter and Upper Saddle River: population, income, housing, and more.

Closter and Upper Saddle River 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 8,354 in Upper Saddle River). Upper Saddle River has the higher median household income ($246,719 vs $187,500 in Closter). Upper Saddle River has the higher median home value ($1,101,800 vs $820,100 in Closter).

Population, income & housing

	Closter	Upper Saddle River
Population	8,544	8,354
Median age	40.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$187,500	$246,719
Median home value	$820,100	$1,101,800
Median gross rent	$2,651	$3,501
Housing units	2,723	2,715
Homeownership rate	82.0%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Closter	Upper Saddle River
Population	8,565 → 8,544 (-0.2%)	8,227 → 8,354 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$140,357 → $187,500 (+33.6%)	$158,536 → $246,719 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$674,000 → $820,100 (+21.7%)	$885,900 → $1,101,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,188 → $2,651 (+21.2%)	$2,859 → $3,501 (+22.5%)

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

Upper Saddle River

Population

8,2278,354

Median household income

$158,536$246,719

Median home value

$885,900$1,101,800

Median gross rent

$2,859$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Closter	Upper Saddle River
Under 5	5.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	22.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.6%	17.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Closter	Upper Saddle River
White (non-Hispanic)	47.8%	72.4%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	32.2%	16.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Closter	Upper Saddle River
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	14.2%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	43.8%
Graduate or professional degree	30.0%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Closter	Upper Saddle River
Drove alone	58.2%	51.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.7%
Public transit	8.1%	8.7%
Walked	3.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.2%	31.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Closter	Upper Saddle River
1-unit, detached	91.3%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Closter	Upper Saddle River
Poverty rate	7.2%	4.4%
Average household size	3.22	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1957	1969