Dumont vs Palisades Park

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

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

Palisades Park has the higher population (20,192 vs 18,072 in Dumont). Dumont has the higher median household income ($125,585 vs $101,295 in Palisades Park). Palisades Park has the higher median home value ($704,400 vs $469,900 in Dumont).

Population, income & housing

	Dumont	Palisades Park
Population	18,072	20,192
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,585	$101,295
Median home value	$469,900	$704,400
Median gross rent	$1,778	$1,976
Housing units	6,781	7,612
Homeownership rate	72.2%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumont	Palisades Park
Population	17,624 → 18,072 (+2.5%)	20,604 → 20,192 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$100,219 → $125,585 (+25.3%)	$68,245 → $101,295 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $469,900 (+24.9%)	$558,400 → $704,400 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,306 → $1,778 (+36.1%)	$1,520 → $1,976 (+30.0%)

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

Palisades Park

Population

20,60420,192

Median household income

$68,245$101,295

Median home value

$558,400$704,400

Median gross rent

$1,520$1,976

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumont	Palisades Park
Under 5	5.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	8.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.6%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	20.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.4%
75 and over	7.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumont	Palisades Park
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	17.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	20.9%	54.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumont	Palisades Park
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumont	Palisades Park
Drove alone	70.6%	54.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	12.4%
Public transit	7.7%	18.9%
Walked	1.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumont	Palisades Park
1-unit, detached	70.1%	16.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	21.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	32.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	11.3%
20 or more units	11.1%	17.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Dumont	Palisades Park
Poverty rate	6.0%	10.0%
Average household size	2.78	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1952	1976