East Rutherford vs Wood-Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of East Rutherford and Wood-Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Rutherford has the higher population (10,154 vs 10,094 in Wood-Ridge). Wood-Ridge has the higher median household income ($131,412 vs $91,789 in East Rutherford). Wood-Ridge has the higher median home value ($532,900 vs $453,500 in East Rutherford).

Population, income & housing

	East Rutherford	Wood-Ridge
Population	10,154	10,094
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,789	$131,412
Median home value	$453,500	$532,900
Median gross rent	$1,867	$1,886
Housing units	4,325	3,888
Homeownership rate	35.7%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Rutherford	Wood-Ridge
Population	9,584 → 10,154 (+5.9%)	8,769 → 10,094 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $91,789 (+13.5%)	$110,625 → $131,412 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$381,100 → $453,500 (+19.0%)	$411,800 → $532,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,586 → $1,867 (+17.7%)	$1,779 → $1,886 (+6.0%)

East Rutherford

Population

9,58410,154

Median household income

$80,896$91,789

Median home value

$381,100$453,500

Median gross rent

$1,586$1,867

Wood-Ridge

Population

8,76910,094

Median household income

$110,625$131,412

Median home value

$411,800$532,900

Median gross rent

$1,779$1,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Rutherford	Wood-Ridge
Under 5	9.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	7.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	20.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.0%
75 and over	3.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Rutherford	Wood-Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	53.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	20.4%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Rutherford	Wood-Ridge
No high school diploma	11.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	21.1%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Rutherford	Wood-Ridge
Drove alone	60.9%	65.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	1.1%
Public transit	13.7%	17.0%
Walked	7.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	12.9%
Other means	0.5%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Rutherford	Wood-Ridge
1-unit, detached	18.8%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	44.1%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	10.8%
20 or more units	22.5%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Rutherford	Wood-Ridge
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.43	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1964	1964