Lodi vs Paramus

A side-by-side comparison of Lodi and Paramus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paramus has the higher population (26,500 vs 25,946 in Lodi). Paramus has the higher median household income ($139,707 vs $84,570 in Lodi). Paramus has the higher median home value ($736,000 vs $449,200 in Lodi).

Population, income & housing

	Lodi	Paramus
Population	25,946	26,500
Median age	39.4 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,570	$139,707
Median home value	$449,200	$736,000
Median gross rent	$1,675	$2,845
Housing units	9,864	8,898
Homeownership rate	41.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lodi	Paramus
Population	24,430 → 25,946 (+6.2%)	26,503 → 26,500 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$66,595 → $84,570 (+27.0%)	$128,306 → $139,707 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$373,000 → $449,200 (+20.4%)	$600,200 → $736,000 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,348 → $1,675 (+24.3%)	$2,011 → $2,845 (+41.5%)

Lodi

Population

24,43025,946

Median household income

$66,595$84,570

Median home value

$373,000$449,200

Median gross rent

$1,348$1,675

Paramus

Population

26,50326,500

Median household income

$128,306$139,707

Median home value

$600,200$736,000

Median gross rent

$2,011$2,845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lodi	Paramus
Under 5	5.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.9%
75 and over	5.6%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lodi	Paramus
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	56.1%
Black or African American	8.1%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	8.1%	23.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	40.5%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lodi	Paramus
No high school diploma	14.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lodi	Paramus
Drove alone	67.2%	63.2%
Carpooled	12.7%	5.7%
Public transit	7.6%	7.8%
Walked	2.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.7%	21.5%
Other means	1.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lodi	Paramus
1-unit, detached	23.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	55.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lodi	Paramus
Poverty rate	16.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.75	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1958	1963