Dumont vs Elmwood Park

A side-by-side comparison of Dumont and Elmwood Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elmwood Park has the higher population (21,287 vs 18,072 in Dumont). Dumont has the higher median household income ($125,585 vs $100,852 in Elmwood Park). Dumont has the higher median home value ($469,900 vs $456,000 in Elmwood Park).

Population, income & housing

	Dumont	Elmwood Park
Population	18,072	21,287
Median age	42.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,585	$100,852
Median home value	$469,900	$456,000
Median gross rent	$1,778	$2,025
Housing units	6,781	7,561
Homeownership rate	72.2%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumont	Elmwood Park
Population	17,624 → 18,072 (+2.5%)	20,059 → 21,287 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$100,219 → $125,585 (+25.3%)	$77,334 → $100,852 (+30.4%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $469,900 (+24.9%)	$362,700 → $456,000 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,306 → $1,778 (+36.1%)	$1,660 → $2,025 (+22.0%)

Dumont

Population

17,62418,072

Median household income

$100,219$125,585

Median home value

$376,100$469,900

Median gross rent

$1,306$1,778

Elmwood Park

Population

20,05921,287

Median household income

$77,334$100,852

Median home value

$362,700$456,000

Median gross rent

$1,660$2,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumont	Elmwood Park
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	16.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	20.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.8%
75 and over	7.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumont	Elmwood Park
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	48.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	20.9%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumont	Elmwood Park
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	24.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumont	Elmwood Park
Drove alone	70.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.7%
Public transit	7.7%	7.1%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.2%
Worked from home	11.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumont	Elmwood Park
1-unit, detached	70.1%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	37.9%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	11.1%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dumont	Elmwood Park
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1952	1957