Ho-Ho-Kus vs Northvale

A side-by-side comparison of Ho-Ho-Kus and Northvale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northvale has the higher population (4,782 vs 4,230 in Ho-Ho-Kus). Ho-Ho-Kus has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $117,717 in Northvale). Ho-Ho-Kus has the higher median home value ($1,032,800 vs $577,300 in Northvale).

Population, income & housing

	Ho-Ho-Kus	Northvale
Population	4,230	4,782
Median age	42.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$117,717
Median home value	$1,032,800	$577,300
Median gross rent	$2,375	$1,845
Housing units	1,532	1,688
Homeownership rate	91.0%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.0%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ho-Ho-Kus	Northvale
Population	4,094 → 4,230 (+3.3%)	4,862 → 4,782 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$216,875 → $250,001 (+15.3%)	$108,385 → $117,717 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$756,800 → $1,032,800 (+36.5%)	$463,100 → $577,300 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,453 → $2,375 (-3.2%)	$1,614 → $1,845 (+14.3%)

Ho-Ho-Kus

Population

4,0944,230

Median household income

$216,875$250,001

Median home value

$756,800$1,032,800

Median gross rent

$2,453$2,375

Northvale

Population

4,8624,782

Median household income

$108,385$117,717

Median home value

$463,100$577,300

Median gross rent

$1,614$1,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ho-Ho-Kus	Northvale
Under 5	4.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	4.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	17.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.2%
75 and over	7.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ho-Ho-Kus	Northvale
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	48.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.1%	36.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ho-Ho-Kus	Northvale
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.1%
High school graduate	6.1%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	43.5%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ho-Ho-Kus	Northvale
Drove alone	49.2%	67.8%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.1%
Public transit	12.9%	9.8%
Walked	2.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	29.4%	12.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ho-Ho-Kus	Northvale
1-unit, detached	88.8%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ho-Ho-Kus	Northvale
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.96	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1958	1968