Cresskill vs Park Ridge

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

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

Park Ridge has the higher population (9,218 vs 9,101 in Cresskill). Cresskill has the higher median household income ($173,293 vs $165,391 in Park Ridge). Cresskill has the higher median home value ($764,800 vs $666,200 in Park Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cresskill	Park Ridge
Population	9,101	9,218
Median age	45.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$173,293	$165,391
Median home value	$764,800	$666,200
Median gross rent	$2,311	$1,995
Housing units	3,200	3,410
Homeownership rate	80.6%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.5%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cresskill	Park Ridge
Population	8,699 → 9,101 (+4.6%)	8,766 → 9,218 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$151,442 → $173,293 (+14.4%)	$137,903 → $165,391 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$677,500 → $764,800 (+12.9%)	$588,900 → $666,200 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,686 → $2,311 (-14.0%)	$1,474 → $1,995 (+35.3%)

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

Park Ridge

Population

8,7669,218

Median household income

$137,903$165,391

Median home value

$588,900$666,200

Median gross rent

$1,474$1,995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cresskill	Park Ridge
Under 5	4.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	18.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.2%
75 and over	9.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cresskill	Park Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	27.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cresskill	Park Ridge
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	16.6%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cresskill	Park Ridge
Drove alone	73.0%	63.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	4.6%
Public transit	4.4%	3.7%
Walked	0.7%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	17.4%	21.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cresskill	Park Ridge
1-unit, detached	79.7%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cresskill	Park Ridge
Poverty rate	2.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.90	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1964	1963