Garfield vs Ridgewood

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

Garfield and Ridgewood 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 26,076 in Ridgewood). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($217,250 vs $75,701 in Garfield). Ridgewood has the higher median home value ($882,700 vs $454,300 in Garfield).

Population, income & housing

	Garfield	Ridgewood
Population	32,502	26,076
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,701	$217,250
Median home value	$454,300	$882,700
Median gross rent	$1,612	$2,340
Housing units	12,234	9,166
Homeownership rate	45.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	80.6%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garfield	Ridgewood
Population	31,645 → 32,502 (+2.7%)	25,179 → 26,076 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$62,939 → $75,701 (+20.3%)	$184,355 → $217,250 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$338,400 → $454,300 (+34.2%)	$763,300 → $882,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,326 → $1,612 (+21.6%)	$2,026 → $2,340 (+15.5%)

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

Ridgewood

Population

25,17926,076

Median household income

$184,355$217,250

Median home value

$763,300$882,700

Median gross rent

$2,026$2,340

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garfield	Ridgewood
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	7.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.3%
75 and over	5.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garfield	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	44.4%	67.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	3.9%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garfield	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	15.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	36.9%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	43.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garfield	Ridgewood
Drove alone	68.9%	50.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.4%
Public transit	6.8%	12.2%
Walked	4.9%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.8%	28.6%
Other means	3.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garfield	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	21.5%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	58.4%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	6.4%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Garfield	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	14.2%	3.7%
Average household size	2.81	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	36
Median year structure built	1954	1950