Cresskill vs Montvale

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

Cresskill and Montvale 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 8,625 in Montvale). Montvale has the higher median household income ($183,664 vs $173,293 in Cresskill). Cresskill has the higher median home value ($764,800 vs $688,500 in Montvale).

Population, income & housing

	Cresskill	Montvale
Population	9,101	8,625
Median age	45.0 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$173,293	$183,664
Median home value	$764,800	$688,500
Median gross rent	$2,311	$2,241
Housing units	3,200	3,188
Homeownership rate	80.6%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.5%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cresskill	Montvale
Population	8,699 → 9,101 (+4.6%)	8,489 → 8,625 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$151,442 → $173,293 (+14.4%)	$146,708 → $183,664 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$677,500 → $764,800 (+12.9%)	$619,400 → $688,500 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,686 → $2,311 (-14.0%)	$1,833 → $2,241 (+22.3%)

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

Montvale

Population

8,4898,625

Median household income

$146,708$183,664

Median home value

$619,400$688,500

Median gross rent

$1,833$2,241

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cresskill	Montvale
Under 5	4.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	5.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	18.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.9%
75 and over	9.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cresskill	Montvale
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	27.7%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cresskill	Montvale
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	16.6%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cresskill	Montvale
Drove alone	73.0%	57.4%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.7%
Public transit	4.4%	5.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	17.4%	29.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cresskill	Montvale
1-unit, detached	79.7%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	7.6%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cresskill	Montvale
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.90	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1964	1968