Elmwood Park vs New Milford

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

Elmwood Park and New Milford 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 16,882 in New Milford). New Milford has the higher median household income ($113,513 vs $100,852 in Elmwood Park). New Milford has the higher median home value ($554,800 vs $456,000 in Elmwood Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood Park	New Milford
Population	21,287	16,882
Median age	39.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,852	$113,513
Median home value	$456,000	$554,800
Median gross rent	$2,025	$1,722
Housing units	7,561	6,428
Homeownership rate	57.4%	62.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	48.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood Park	New Milford
Population	20,059 → 21,287 (+6.1%)	16,545 → 16,882 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$77,334 → $100,852 (+30.4%)	$94,344 → $113,513 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$362,700 → $456,000 (+25.7%)	$426,800 → $554,800 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,660 → $2,025 (+22.0%)	$1,438 → $1,722 (+19.7%)

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

New Milford

Population

16,54516,882

Median household income

$94,344$113,513

Median home value

$426,800$554,800

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmwood Park	New Milford
Under 5	5.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.8%
75 and over	7.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood Park	New Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	47.6%
Black or African American	9.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	9.6%	20.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood Park	New Milford
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	30.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood Park	New Milford
Drove alone	71.7%	62.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.7%
Public transit	7.1%	7.8%
Walked	2.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	14.0%
Other means	2.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood Park	New Milford
1-unit, detached	42.5%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	37.9%	25.4%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood Park	New Milford
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.92	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1957	1953