Englewood Cliffs vs Northvale

A side-by-side comparison of Englewood Cliffs and Northvale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Englewood Cliffs has the higher population (5,330 vs 4,782 in Northvale). Englewood Cliffs has the higher median household income ($222,192 vs $117,717 in Northvale). Englewood Cliffs has the higher median home value ($1,232,700 vs $577,300 in Northvale).

Population, income & housing

	Englewood Cliffs	Northvale
Population	5,330	4,782
Median age	49.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$222,192	$117,717
Median home value	$1,232,700	$577,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,845
Housing units	2,029	1,688
Homeownership rate	83.8%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.9%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Englewood Cliffs	Northvale
Population	5,371 → 5,330 (-0.8%)	4,862 → 4,782 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$148,446 → $222,192 (+49.7%)	$108,385 → $117,717 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$997,100 → $1,232,700 (+23.6%)	$463,100 → $577,300 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$3,337 → $3,501 (+4.9%)	$1,614 → $1,845 (+14.3%)

Englewood Cliffs

Population

5,3715,330

Median household income

$148,446$222,192

Median home value

$997,100$1,232,700

Median gross rent

$3,337$3,501

Northvale

Population

4,8624,782

Median household income

$108,385$117,717

Median home value

$463,100$577,300

Median gross rent

$1,614$1,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Englewood Cliffs	Northvale
Under 5	3.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.7%
25 to 34	4.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	16.4%	17.6%
55 to 64	19.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.2%
75 and over	11.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Englewood Cliffs	Northvale
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	48.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	44.2%	36.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Englewood Cliffs	Northvale
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	9.1%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	10.7%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	44.9%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Englewood Cliffs	Northvale
Drove alone	64.0%	67.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.1%
Public transit	6.3%	9.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	20.5%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Englewood Cliffs	Northvale
1-unit, detached	93.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Englewood Cliffs	Northvale
Poverty rate	4.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1970	1968