Edgewater vs Ridgefield Park

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

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

Edgewater has the higher population (14,544 vs 13,167 in Ridgefield Park). Edgewater has the higher median household income ($137,847 vs $98,184 in Ridgefield Park). Edgewater has the higher median home value ($723,400 vs $459,400 in Ridgefield Park).

Population, income & housing

	Edgewater	Ridgefield Park
Population	14,544	13,167
Median age	39.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$137,847	$98,184
Median home value	$723,400	$459,400
Median gross rent	$2,645	$1,633
Housing units	7,601	5,389
Homeownership rate	41.0%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.0%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgewater	Ridgefield Park
Population	12,403 → 14,544 (+17.3%)	12,922 → 13,167 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$127,221 → $137,847 (+8.4%)	$86,923 → $98,184 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$600,600 → $723,400 (+20.4%)	$349,100 → $459,400 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,506 → $2,645 (+5.5%)	$1,368 → $1,633 (+19.4%)

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

Ridgefield Park

Population

12,92213,167

Median household income

$86,923$98,184

Median home value

$349,100$459,400

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgewater	Ridgefield Park
Under 5	5.8%	8.7%
5 to 17	9.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	21.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.6%
75 and over	5.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgewater	Ridgefield Park
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	33.2%
Black or African American	3.5%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	42.1%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	49.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgewater	Ridgefield Park
No high school diploma	2.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	9.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.2%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgewater	Ridgefield Park
Drove alone	35.2%	62.5%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.5%
Public transit	29.7%	11.2%
Walked	3.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	25.4%	9.9%
Other means	1.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgewater	Ridgefield Park
1-unit, detached	3.8%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	27.8%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	61.5%	17.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Edgewater	Ridgefield Park
Poverty rate	6.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	42	27
Median year structure built	1996	1947