Cresskill vs Upper Saddle River

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

Cresskill 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.

Cresskill has the higher population (9,101 vs 8,354 in Upper Saddle River). Upper Saddle River has the higher median household income ($246,719 vs $173,293 in Cresskill). Upper Saddle River has the higher median home value ($1,101,800 vs $764,800 in Cresskill).

Population, income & housing

	Cresskill	Upper Saddle River
Population	9,101	8,354
Median age	45.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$173,293	$246,719
Median home value	$764,800	$1,101,800
Median gross rent	$2,311	$3,501
Housing units	3,200	2,715
Homeownership rate	80.6%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.5%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cresskill	Upper Saddle River
Population	8,699 → 9,101 (+4.6%)	8,227 → 8,354 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$151,442 → $173,293 (+14.4%)	$158,536 → $246,719 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$677,500 → $764,800 (+12.9%)	$885,900 → $1,101,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,686 → $2,311 (-14.0%)	$2,859 → $3,501 (+22.5%)

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

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)

	Cresskill	Upper Saddle River
Under 5	4.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	18.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.5%
75 and over	9.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cresskill	Upper Saddle River
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	72.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	27.7%	16.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cresskill	Upper Saddle River
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	16.6%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	43.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cresskill	Upper Saddle River
Drove alone	73.0%	51.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.7%
Public transit	4.4%	8.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.4%	31.6%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cresskill	Upper Saddle River
1-unit, detached	79.7%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cresskill	Upper Saddle River
Poverty rate	2.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.90	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1964	1969