Maywood vs Waldwick

A side-by-side comparison of Maywood and Waldwick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waldwick has the higher population (10,090 vs 10,042 in Maywood). Waldwick has the higher median household income ($155,526 vs $119,306 in Maywood). Waldwick has the higher median home value ($576,200 vs $495,700 in Maywood).

Population, income & housing

	Maywood	Waldwick
Population	10,042	10,090
Median age	45.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,306	$155,526
Median home value	$495,700	$576,200
Median gross rent	$1,932	$3,189
Housing units	3,908	3,486
Homeownership rate	68.8%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maywood	Waldwick
Population	9,661 → 10,042 (+3.9%)	9,986 → 10,090 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$94,317 → $119,306 (+26.5%)	$124,803 → $155,526 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$389,300 → $495,700 (+27.3%)	$448,900 → $576,200 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,601 → $1,932 (+20.7%)	$2,006 → $3,189 (+59.0%)

Maywood

Population

9,66110,042

Median household income

$94,317$119,306

Median home value

$389,300$495,700

Median gross rent

$1,601$1,932

Waldwick

Population

9,98610,090

Median household income

$124,803$155,526

Median home value

$448,900$576,200

Median gross rent

$2,006$3,189

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maywood	Waldwick
Under 5	5.3%	7.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.9%
75 and over	8.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maywood	Waldwick
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	72.9%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	17.5%	7.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maywood	Waldwick
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	24.8%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	37.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maywood	Waldwick
Drove alone	65.6%	67.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.0%
Public transit	11.0%	7.5%
Walked	2.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	18.0%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maywood	Waldwick
1-unit, detached	69.2%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maywood	Waldwick
Poverty rate	2.8%	2.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1952	1957