Hillsdale vs Waldwick

A side-by-side comparison of Hillsdale and Waldwick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waldwick has the higher population (10,090 vs 10,086 in Hillsdale). Hillsdale has the higher median household income ($169,862 vs $155,526 in Waldwick). Hillsdale has the higher median home value ($656,800 vs $576,200 in Waldwick).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsdale	Waldwick
Population	10,086	10,090
Median age	42.4 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$169,862	$155,526
Median home value	$656,800	$576,200
Median gross rent	$1,720	$3,189
Housing units	3,479	3,486
Homeownership rate	90.3%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsdale	Waldwick
Population	10,346 → 10,086 (-2.5%)	9,986 → 10,090 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$146,080 → $169,862 (+16.3%)	$124,803 → $155,526 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$566,200 → $656,800 (+16.0%)	$448,900 → $576,200 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,405 → $1,720 (+22.4%)	$2,006 → $3,189 (+59.0%)

Hillsdale

Population

10,34610,086

Median household income

$146,080$169,862

Median home value

$566,200$656,800

Median gross rent

$1,405$1,720

Waldwick

Population

9,98610,090

Median household income

$124,803$155,526

Median home value

$448,900$576,200

Median gross rent

$2,006$3,189

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsdale	Waldwick
Under 5	6.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.4%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	8.9%
75 and over	6.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsdale	Waldwick
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	72.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsdale	Waldwick
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	16.5%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsdale	Waldwick
Drove alone	60.3%	67.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	3.0%
Public transit	6.2%	7.5%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	18.0%
Other means	3.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsdale	Waldwick
1-unit, detached	84.4%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsdale	Waldwick
Poverty rate	3.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1959	1957