Edgewater vs Ramsey

A side-by-side comparison of Edgewater and Ramsey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ramsey has the higher population (14,722 vs 14,544 in Edgewater). Ramsey has the higher median household income ($164,767 vs $137,847 in Edgewater). Edgewater has the higher median home value ($723,400 vs $665,700 in Ramsey).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Ramsey
Population	14,544	14,722
Median age	39.9 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$137,847	$164,767
Median home value	$723,400	$665,700
Median gross rent	$2,645	$2,009
Housing units	7,601	5,267
Homeownership rate	41.0%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.0%	69.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Ramsey
Population	12,403 → 14,544 (+17.3%)	14,940 → 14,722 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$127,221 → $137,847 (+8.4%)	$147,875 → $164,767 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$600,600 → $723,400 (+20.4%)	$598,900 → $665,700 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,506 → $2,645 (+5.5%)	$1,646 → $2,009 (+22.1%)

Edgewater

Population

12,40314,544

Median household income

$127,221$137,847

Median home value

$600,600$723,400

Median gross rent

$2,506$2,645

Ramsey

Population

14,94014,722

Median household income

$147,875$164,767

Median home value

$598,900$665,700

Median gross rent

$1,646$2,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	Ramsey
Under 5	5.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.3%	22.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	21.3%	7.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	7.6%
75 and over	5.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Ramsey
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	74.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	42.1%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Ramsey
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.0%
High school graduate	9.7%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	15.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	33.2%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Ramsey
Drove alone	35.2%	64.2%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.5%
Public transit	29.7%	8.4%
Walked	3.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	21.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Ramsey
1-unit, detached	3.8%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	61.5%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Ramsey
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	42	34
Median year structure built	1996	1968