Garfield vs Paramus

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

Garfield and Paramus 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 26,500 in Paramus). Paramus has the higher median household income ($139,707 vs $75,701 in Garfield). Paramus has the higher median home value ($736,000 vs $454,300 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Paramus
Population	32,502	26,500
Median age	39.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,701	$139,707
Median home value	$454,300	$736,000
Median gross rent	$1,612	$2,845
Housing units	12,234	8,898
Homeownership rate	45.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Paramus
Population	31,645 → 32,502 (+2.7%)	26,503 → 26,500 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$62,939 → $75,701 (+20.3%)	$128,306 → $139,707 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$338,400 → $454,300 (+34.2%)	$600,200 → $736,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,326 → $1,612 (+21.6%)	$2,011 → $2,845 (+41.5%)

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

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)

	Garfield	Paramus
Under 5	6.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.9%
75 and over	5.6%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Paramus
White (non-Hispanic)	44.4%	56.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	3.9%	23.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Paramus
No high school diploma	15.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	36.9%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Paramus
Drove alone	68.9%	63.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.7%
Public transit	6.8%	7.8%
Walked	4.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.8%	21.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Paramus
1-unit, detached	21.5%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	58.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	6.4%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Paramus
Poverty rate	14.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.81	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1954	1963