Garfield vs Hackensack

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

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

Hackensack has the higher population (45,768 vs 32,502 in Garfield). Hackensack has the higher median household income ($82,212 vs $75,701 in Garfield). Garfield has the higher median home value ($454,300 vs $370,300 in Hackensack).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Hackensack
Population	32,502	45,768
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,701	$82,212
Median home value	$454,300	$370,300
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,794
Housing units	12,234	21,405
Homeownership rate	45.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Hackensack
Population	31,645 → 32,502 (+2.7%)	44,339 → 45,768 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$62,939 → $75,701 (+20.3%)	$70,090 → $82,212 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$338,400 → $454,300 (+34.2%)	$296,300 → $370,300 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,326 → $1,612 (+21.6%)	$1,440 → $1,794 (+24.6%)

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

Hackensack

Population

44,33945,768

Median household income

$70,090$82,212

Median home value

$296,300$370,300

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Hackensack
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.6%	19.5%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.0%
75 and over	5.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Hackensack
White (non-Hispanic)	44.4%	27.6%
Black or African American	5.1%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Hackensack
No high school diploma	15.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Hackensack
Drove alone	68.9%	60.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.1%
Public transit	6.8%	13.2%
Walked	4.9%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	10.6%
Other means	3.1%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Hackensack
1-unit, detached	21.5%	22.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	58.4%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	12.4%
20 or more units	6.4%	49.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Hackensack
Poverty rate	14.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1954	1967