Englewood vs Garfield

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

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

Garfield has the higher population (32,502 vs 29,342 in Englewood). Englewood has the higher median household income ($101,398 vs $75,701 in Garfield). Englewood has the higher median home value ($497,500 vs $454,300 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Englewood	Garfield
Population	29,342	32,502
Median age	43.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$101,398	$75,701
Median home value	$497,500	$454,300
Median gross rent	$1,925	$1,612
Housing units	12,047	12,234
Homeownership rate	52.7%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Englewood	Garfield
Population	28,353 → 29,342 (+3.5%)	31,645 → 32,502 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$85,899 → $101,398 (+18.0%)	$62,939 → $75,701 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$388,300 → $497,500 (+28.1%)	$338,400 → $454,300 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,925 (+31.0%)	$1,326 → $1,612 (+21.6%)

Englewood

Population

28,35329,342

Median household income

$85,899$101,398

Median home value

$388,300$497,500

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,925

Garfield

Population

31,64532,502

Median household income

$62,939$75,701

Median home value

$338,400$454,300

Median gross rent

$1,326$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Englewood	Garfield
Under 5	4.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.0%
75 and over	8.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Englewood	Garfield
White (non-Hispanic)	30.4%	44.4%
Black or African American	18.9%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	45.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Englewood	Garfield
No high school diploma	10.0%	15.6%
High school graduate	21.8%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Englewood	Garfield
Drove alone	59.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.8%
Public transit	10.6%	6.8%
Walked	7.1%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.8%	6.8%
Other means	1.8%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Englewood	Garfield
1-unit, detached	39.5%	21.5%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	58.4%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	6.2%
20 or more units	27.3%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Englewood	Garfield
Poverty rate	9.8%	14.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1959	1954