Hasbrouck Heights vs Ridgefield

A side-by-side comparison of Hasbrouck Heights and Ridgefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hasbrouck Heights has the higher population (12,067 vs 11,439 in Ridgefield). Hasbrouck Heights has the higher median household income ($118,670 vs $115,676 in Ridgefield). Ridgefield has the higher median home value ($609,700 vs $508,500 in Hasbrouck Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Hasbrouck Heights	Ridgefield
Population	12,067	11,439
Median age	44.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$118,670	$115,676
Median home value	$508,500	$609,700
Median gross rent	$1,605	$1,935
Housing units	4,544	4,192
Homeownership rate	70.3%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hasbrouck Heights	Ridgefield
Population	12,082 → 12,067 (-0.1%)	11,227 → 11,439 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$94,801 → $118,670 (+25.2%)	$71,699 → $115,676 (+61.3%)
Median home value	$429,100 → $508,500 (+18.5%)	$442,500 → $609,700 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,445 → $1,605 (+11.1%)	$1,584 → $1,935 (+22.2%)

Hasbrouck Heights

Population

12,08212,067

Median household income

$94,801$118,670

Median home value

$429,100$508,500

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,605

Ridgefield

Population

11,22711,439

Median household income

$71,699$115,676

Median home value

$442,500$609,700

Median gross rent

$1,584$1,935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hasbrouck Heights	Ridgefield
Under 5	4.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.4%
45 to 54	15.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.6%
75 and over	5.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hasbrouck Heights	Ridgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	32.5%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	11.7%	26.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	3.9%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hasbrouck Heights	Ridgefield
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.5%
High school graduate	26.8%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hasbrouck Heights	Ridgefield
Drove alone	65.3%	63.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	13.0%
Public transit	12.6%	11.2%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	9.2%
Other means	0.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hasbrouck Heights	Ridgefield
1-unit, detached	66.0%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	15.3%	37.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	4.9%
20 or more units	14.1%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hasbrouck Heights	Ridgefield
Poverty rate	9.4%	5.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1954	1957