Glen Rock vs Oakland

A side-by-side comparison of Glen Rock and Oakland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakland has the higher population (12,700 vs 12,082 in Glen Rock). Glen Rock has the higher median household income ($210,369 vs $162,862 in Oakland). Glen Rock has the higher median home value ($817,300 vs $567,200 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Rock	Oakland
Population	12,082	12,700
Median age	40.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$210,369	$162,862
Median home value	$817,300	$567,200
Median gross rent	$1,938	$1,462
Housing units	3,755	4,687
Homeownership rate	90.8%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.4%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Rock	Oakland
Population	11,780 → 12,082 (+2.6%)	12,972 → 12,700 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$187,000 → $210,369 (+12.5%)	$126,319 → $162,862 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$646,600 → $817,300 (+26.4%)	$468,700 → $567,200 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,840 → $1,938 (+5.3%)	$1,642 → $1,462 (-11.0%)

Glen Rock

Population

11,78012,082

Median household income

$187,000$210,369

Median home value

$646,600$817,300

Median gross rent

$1,840$1,938

Oakland

Population

12,97212,700

Median household income

$126,319$162,862

Median home value

$468,700$567,200

Median gross rent

$1,642$1,462

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Rock	Oakland
Under 5	7.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	25.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	3.9%	10.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	19.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.8%
75 and over	7.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Rock	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	80.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.3%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Rock	Oakland
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	10.5%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.3%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	38.2%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Rock	Oakland
Drove alone	43.5%	71.3%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.7%
Public transit	16.6%	3.3%
Walked	0.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	32.3%	18.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Rock	Oakland
1-unit, detached	89.9%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Glen Rock	Oakland
Poverty rate	1.7%	3.2%
Average household size	3.28	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	38	30
Median year structure built	1952	1960