Leonia vs Park Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Leonia and Park Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leonia has the higher population (9,300 vs 9,218 in Park Ridge). Park Ridge has the higher median household income ($165,391 vs $116,429 in Leonia). Park Ridge has the higher median home value ($666,200 vs $634,500 in Leonia).

Population, income & housing

	Leonia	Park Ridge
Population	9,300	9,218
Median age	46.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$116,429	$165,391
Median home value	$634,500	$666,200
Median gross rent	$2,149	$1,995
Housing units	3,565	3,410
Homeownership rate	69.9%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.5%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leonia	Park Ridge
Population	9,086 → 9,300 (+2.4%)	8,766 → 9,218 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$102,250 → $116,429 (+13.9%)	$137,903 → $165,391 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$506,100 → $634,500 (+25.4%)	$588,900 → $666,200 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,444 → $2,149 (+48.8%)	$1,474 → $1,995 (+35.3%)

Leonia

Population

9,0869,300

Median household income

$102,250$116,429

Median home value

$506,100$634,500

Median gross rent

$1,444$2,149

Park Ridge

Population

8,7669,218

Median household income

$137,903$165,391

Median home value

$588,900$666,200

Median gross rent

$1,474$1,995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leonia	Park Ridge
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.2%
75 and over	8.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leonia	Park Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	32.1%	80.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	38.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.6%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leonia	Park Ridge
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	11.6%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leonia	Park Ridge
Drove alone	57.6%	63.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	4.6%
Public transit	12.6%	3.7%
Walked	3.4%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.6%	21.8%
Other means	3.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leonia	Park Ridge
1-unit, detached	61.0%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	7.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leonia	Park Ridge
Poverty rate	3.4%	2.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1946	1963