Elmwood Park vs Palisades Park

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

Elmwood Park 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.

Elmwood Park has the higher population (21,287 vs 20,192 in Palisades Park). Palisades Park has the higher median household income ($101,295 vs $100,852 in Elmwood Park). Palisades Park has the higher median home value ($704,400 vs $456,000 in Elmwood Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood Park	Palisades Park
Population	21,287	20,192
Median age	39.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,852	$101,295
Median home value	$456,000	$704,400
Median gross rent	$2,025	$1,976
Housing units	7,561	7,612
Homeownership rate	57.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood Park	Palisades Park
Population	20,059 → 21,287 (+6.1%)	20,604 → 20,192 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$77,334 → $100,852 (+30.4%)	$68,245 → $101,295 (+48.4%)
Median home value	$362,700 → $456,000 (+25.7%)	$558,400 → $704,400 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,660 → $2,025 (+22.0%)	$1,520 → $1,976 (+30.0%)

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

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)

	Elmwood Park	Palisades Park
Under 5	5.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	16.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.4%
75 and over	7.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood Park	Palisades Park
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	17.9%
Black or African American	9.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.6%	54.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood Park	Palisades Park
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood Park	Palisades Park
Drove alone	71.7%	54.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	12.4%
Public transit	7.1%	18.9%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	9.9%
Other means	2.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood Park	Palisades Park
1-unit, detached	42.5%	16.8%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	21.5%
2 to 4 units	37.9%	32.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	17.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood Park	Palisades Park
Poverty rate	10.0%	10.0%
Average household size	2.92	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1957	1976