Englewood vs Paramus

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

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

Englewood has the higher population (29,342 vs 26,500 in Paramus). Paramus has the higher median household income ($139,707 vs $101,398 in Englewood). Paramus has the higher median home value ($736,000 vs $497,500 in Englewood).

Population, income & housing

	Englewood	Paramus
Population	29,342	26,500
Median age	43.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,398	$139,707
Median home value	$497,500	$736,000
Median gross rent	$1,925	$2,845
Housing units	12,047	8,898
Homeownership rate	52.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Englewood	Paramus
Population	28,353 → 29,342 (+3.5%)	26,503 → 26,500 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$85,899 → $101,398 (+18.0%)	$128,306 → $139,707 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$388,300 → $497,500 (+28.1%)	$600,200 → $736,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,925 (+31.0%)	$2,011 → $2,845 (+41.5%)

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

Paramus

Population

26,50326,500

Median household income

$128,306$139,707

Median home value

$600,200$736,000

Median gross rent

$2,011$2,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Englewood	Paramus
Under 5	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.9%
75 and over	8.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Englewood	Paramus
White (non-Hispanic)	30.4%	56.1%
Black or African American	18.9%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	13.0%	23.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Englewood	Paramus
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Englewood	Paramus
Drove alone	59.8%	63.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.7%
Public transit	10.6%	7.8%
Walked	7.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.8%	21.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Englewood	Paramus
1-unit, detached	39.5%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	0.6%
20 or more units	27.3%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Englewood	Paramus
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1959	1963