Demarest vs Ho-Ho-Kus

A side-by-side comparison of Demarest and Ho-Ho-Kus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Demarest has the higher population (4,916 vs 4,230 in Ho-Ho-Kus). Ho-Ho-Kus has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $175,078 in Demarest). Ho-Ho-Kus has the higher median home value ($1,032,800 vs $965,400 in Demarest).

Population, income & housing

	Demarest	Ho-Ho-Kus
Population	4,916	4,230
Median age	45.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$175,078	$250,001
Median home value	$965,400	$1,032,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,375
Housing units	1,746	1,532
Homeownership rate	89.7%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.7%	81.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Demarest	Ho-Ho-Kus
Population	4,942 → 4,916 (-0.5%)	4,094 → 4,230 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$154,500 → $175,078 (+13.3%)	$216,875 → $250,001 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$681,500 → $965,400 (+41.7%)	$756,800 → $1,032,800 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,773 → $3,501 (+26.3%)	$2,453 → $2,375 (-3.2%)

Demarest

Population

4,9424,916

Median household income

$154,500$175,078

Median home value

$681,500$965,400

Median gross rent

$2,773$3,501

Ho-Ho-Kus

Population

4,0944,230

Median household income

$216,875$250,001

Median home value

$756,800$1,032,800

Median gross rent

$2,453$2,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Demarest	Ho-Ho-Kus
Under 5	5.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	2.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	19.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.1%
75 and over	5.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Demarest	Ho-Ho-Kus
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	70.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.5%	14.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Demarest	Ho-Ho-Kus
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	7.5%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	43.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Demarest	Ho-Ho-Kus
Drove alone	58.8%	49.2%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.1%
Public transit	8.5%	12.9%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.0%	29.4%
Other means	4.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Demarest	Ho-Ho-Kus
1-unit, detached	97.4%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Demarest	Ho-Ho-Kus
Poverty rate	0.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	40	36
Median year structure built	1964	1958