Little Ferry vs Ridgefield

A side-by-side comparison of Little Ferry and Ridgefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridgefield has the higher population (11,439 vs 10,942 in Little Ferry). Ridgefield has the higher median household income ($115,676 vs $79,476 in Little Ferry). Ridgefield has the higher median home value ($609,700 vs $388,500 in Little Ferry).

Population, income & housing

	Little Ferry	Ridgefield
Population	10,942	11,439
Median age	44.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,476	$115,676
Median home value	$388,500	$609,700
Median gross rent	$1,798	$1,935
Housing units	4,672	4,192
Homeownership rate	43.1%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Ferry	Ridgefield
Population	10,782 → 10,942 (+1.5%)	11,227 → 11,439 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$66,098 → $79,476 (+20.2%)	$71,699 → $115,676 (+61.3%)
Median home value	$329,300 → $388,500 (+18.0%)	$442,500 → $609,700 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,349 → $1,798 (+33.3%)	$1,584 → $1,935 (+22.2%)

Little Ferry

Population

10,78210,942

Median household income

$66,098$79,476

Median home value

$329,300$388,500

Median gross rent

$1,349$1,798

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)

	Little Ferry	Ridgefield
Under 5	3.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.6%
75 and over	7.2%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Ferry	Ridgefield
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	32.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	19.4%	26.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.9%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Ferry	Ridgefield
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	28.5%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Ferry	Ridgefield
Drove alone	68.5%	63.9%
Carpooled	9.5%	13.0%
Public transit	15.5%	11.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.2%
Other means	0.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Ferry	Ridgefield
1-unit, detached	35.9%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	25.6%	37.5%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	14.9%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Little Ferry	Ridgefield
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1962	1957