Cresskill vs Leonia

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

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

Leonia has the higher population (9,300 vs 9,101 in Cresskill). Cresskill has the higher median household income ($173,293 vs $116,429 in Leonia). Cresskill has the higher median home value ($764,800 vs $634,500 in Leonia).

Population, income & housing

	Cresskill	Leonia
Population	9,101	9,300
Median age	45.0 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$173,293	$116,429
Median home value	$764,800	$634,500
Median gross rent	$2,311	$2,149
Housing units	3,200	3,565
Homeownership rate	80.6%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.5%	60.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cresskill	Leonia
Population	8,699 → 9,101 (+4.6%)	9,086 → 9,300 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$151,442 → $173,293 (+14.4%)	$102,250 → $116,429 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$677,500 → $764,800 (+12.9%)	$506,100 → $634,500 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,686 → $2,311 (-14.0%)	$1,444 → $2,149 (+48.8%)

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

Leonia

Population

9,0869,300

Median household income

$102,250$116,429

Median home value

$506,100$634,500

Median gross rent

$1,444$2,149

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cresskill	Leonia
Under 5	4.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	18.5%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.7%
75 and over	9.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cresskill	Leonia
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	32.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	27.7%	38.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cresskill	Leonia
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	16.6%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cresskill	Leonia
Drove alone	73.0%	57.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.1%
Public transit	4.4%	12.6%
Walked	0.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.4%	14.6%
Other means	0.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cresskill	Leonia
1-unit, detached	79.7%	61.0%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	10.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cresskill	Leonia
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1964	1946