Hillsdale vs Wood-Ridge

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

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

Wood-Ridge has the higher population (10,094 vs 10,086 in Hillsdale). Hillsdale has the higher median household income ($169,862 vs $131,412 in Wood-Ridge). Hillsdale has the higher median home value ($656,800 vs $532,900 in Wood-Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsdale	Wood-Ridge
Population	10,086	10,094
Median age	42.4 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$169,862	$131,412
Median home value	$656,800	$532,900
Median gross rent	$1,720	$1,886
Housing units	3,479	3,888
Homeownership rate	90.3%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.1%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsdale	Wood-Ridge
Population	10,346 → 10,086 (-2.5%)	8,769 → 10,094 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$146,080 → $169,862 (+16.3%)	$110,625 → $131,412 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$566,200 → $656,800 (+16.0%)	$411,800 → $532,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,405 → $1,720 (+22.4%)	$1,779 → $1,886 (+6.0%)

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

Wood-Ridge

Population

8,76910,094

Median household income

$110,625$131,412

Median home value

$411,800$532,900

Median gross rent

$1,779$1,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsdale	Wood-Ridge
Under 5	6.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.0%
75 and over	6.7%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsdale	Wood-Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	53.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	7.9%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsdale	Wood-Ridge
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	16.5%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsdale	Wood-Ridge
Drove alone	60.3%	65.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	1.1%
Public transit	6.2%	17.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.8%	12.9%
Other means	3.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsdale	Wood-Ridge
1-unit, detached	84.4%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	10.8%
20 or more units	1.7%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillsdale	Wood-Ridge
Poverty rate	3.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.96	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1959	1964