Little Ferry vs Wood-Ridge

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

Little Ferry 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.

Little Ferry has the higher population (10,942 vs 10,094 in Wood-Ridge). Wood-Ridge has the higher median household income ($131,412 vs $79,476 in Little Ferry). Wood-Ridge has the higher median home value ($532,900 vs $388,500 in Little Ferry).

Population, income & housing

	Little Ferry	Wood-Ridge
Population	10,942	10,094
Median age	44.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,476	$131,412
Median home value	$388,500	$532,900
Median gross rent	$1,798	$1,886
Housing units	4,672	3,888
Homeownership rate	43.1%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Ferry	Wood-Ridge
Population	10,782 → 10,942 (+1.5%)	8,769 → 10,094 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$66,098 → $79,476 (+20.2%)	$110,625 → $131,412 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$329,300 → $388,500 (+18.0%)	$411,800 → $532,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,349 → $1,798 (+33.3%)	$1,779 → $1,886 (+6.0%)

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

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)

	Little Ferry	Wood-Ridge
Under 5	3.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	9.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.0%
75 and over	7.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Ferry	Wood-Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	41.0%	53.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	19.4%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Ferry	Wood-Ridge
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Ferry	Wood-Ridge
Drove alone	68.5%	65.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	1.1%
Public transit	15.5%	17.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	12.9%
Other means	0.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Ferry	Wood-Ridge
1-unit, detached	35.9%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	25.6%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	19.2%	10.8%
20 or more units	14.9%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Little Ferry	Wood-Ridge
Poverty rate	8.5%	6.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1962	1964