Emerson vs Upper Saddle River

A side-by-side comparison of Emerson and Upper Saddle River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upper Saddle River has the higher population (8,354 vs 7,263 in Emerson). Upper Saddle River has the higher median household income ($246,719 vs $153,963 in Emerson). Upper Saddle River has the higher median home value ($1,101,800 vs $626,000 in Emerson).

Population, income & housing

	Emerson	Upper Saddle River
Population	7,263	8,354
Median age	47.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$153,963	$246,719
Median home value	$626,000	$1,101,800
Median gross rent	$1,926	$3,501
Housing units	2,641	2,715
Homeownership rate	89.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerson	Upper Saddle River
Population	7,596 → 7,263 (-4.4%)	8,227 → 8,354 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$128,093 → $153,963 (+20.2%)	$158,536 → $246,719 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$492,000 → $626,000 (+27.2%)	$885,900 → $1,101,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,847 → $1,926 (+4.3%)	$2,859 → $3,501 (+22.5%)

Emerson

Population

7,5967,263

Median household income

$128,093$153,963

Median home value

$492,000$626,000

Median gross rent

$1,847$1,926

Upper Saddle River

Population

8,2278,354

Median household income

$158,536$246,719

Median home value

$885,900$1,101,800

Median gross rent

$2,859$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerson	Upper Saddle River
Under 5	4.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	6.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	16.2%	8.5%
75 and over	8.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerson	Upper Saddle River
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	72.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	16.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerson	Upper Saddle River
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	17.2%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.0%	43.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerson	Upper Saddle River
Drove alone	68.5%	51.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.7%
Public transit	6.7%	8.7%
Walked	3.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.1%	31.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerson	Upper Saddle River
1-unit, detached	89.3%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emerson	Upper Saddle River
Poverty rate	2.6%	4.4%
Average household size	2.67	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1960	1969