Lodi vs Ridgewood

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

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

Ridgewood has the higher population (26,076 vs 25,946 in Lodi). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($217,250 vs $84,570 in Lodi). Ridgewood has the higher median home value ($882,700 vs $449,200 in Lodi).

Population, income & housing

	Lodi	Ridgewood
Population	25,946	26,076
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,570	$217,250
Median home value	$449,200	$882,700
Median gross rent	$1,675	$2,340
Housing units	9,864	9,166
Homeownership rate	41.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	80.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lodi	Ridgewood
Population	24,430 → 25,946 (+6.2%)	25,179 → 26,076 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$66,595 → $84,570 (+27.0%)	$184,355 → $217,250 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$373,000 → $449,200 (+20.4%)	$763,300 → $882,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,348 → $1,675 (+24.3%)	$2,026 → $2,340 (+15.5%)

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

Ridgewood

Population

25,17926,076

Median household income

$184,355$217,250

Median home value

$763,300$882,700

Median gross rent

$2,026$2,340

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lodi	Ridgewood
Under 5	5.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	22.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.3%
75 and over	5.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lodi	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	39.4%	67.1%
Black or African American	8.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	8.1%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	40.5%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lodi	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	14.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	31.4%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	43.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lodi	Ridgewood
Drove alone	67.2%	50.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	4.4%
Public transit	7.6%	12.2%
Walked	2.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.7%	28.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lodi	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	23.0%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	55.7%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lodi	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	16.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1958	1950