Maywood vs Wood-Ridge

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

Maywood 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.

Wood-Ridge has the higher population (10,094 vs 10,042 in Maywood). Wood-Ridge has the higher median household income ($131,412 vs $119,306 in Maywood). Wood-Ridge has the higher median home value ($532,900 vs $495,700 in Maywood).

Population, income & housing

	Maywood	Wood-Ridge
Population	10,042	10,094
Median age	45.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$119,306	$131,412
Median home value	$495,700	$532,900
Median gross rent	$1,932	$1,886
Housing units	3,908	3,888
Homeownership rate	68.8%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maywood	Wood-Ridge
Population	9,661 → 10,042 (+3.9%)	8,769 → 10,094 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$94,317 → $119,306 (+26.5%)	$110,625 → $131,412 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$389,300 → $495,700 (+27.3%)	$411,800 → $532,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,601 → $1,932 (+20.7%)	$1,779 → $1,886 (+6.0%)

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

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)

	Maywood	Wood-Ridge
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.0%
75 and over	8.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maywood	Wood-Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	53.3%
Black or African American	5.2%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	17.5%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	26.2%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maywood	Wood-Ridge
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	24.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maywood	Wood-Ridge
Drove alone	65.6%	65.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	1.1%
Public transit	11.0%	17.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	12.9%
Other means	1.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maywood	Wood-Ridge
1-unit, detached	69.2%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	10.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maywood	Wood-Ridge
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1952	1964