Midland Park vs Woodcliff Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Midland Park and Woodcliff Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Midland Park has the higher population (6,996 vs 6,097 in Woodcliff Lake). Woodcliff Lake has the higher median household income ($211,233 vs $140,063 in Midland Park). Woodcliff Lake has the higher median home value ($901,800 vs $586,200 in Midland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Midland Park	Woodcliff Lake
Population	6,996	6,097
Median age	42.7 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$140,063	$211,233
Median home value	$586,200	$901,800
Median gross rent	$1,837	$2,629
Housing units	3,112	2,221
Homeownership rate	69.5%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	77.4%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Midland Park	Woodcliff Lake
Population	7,244 → 6,996 (-3.4%)	5,832 → 6,097 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$121,162 → $140,063 (+15.6%)	$171,103 → $211,233 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$513,400 → $586,200 (+14.2%)	$812,300 → $901,800 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,781 → $1,837 (+3.1%)	$2,069 → $2,629 (+27.1%)

Midland Park

Population

7,2446,996

Median household income

$121,162$140,063

Median home value

$513,400$586,200

Median gross rent

$1,781$1,837

Woodcliff Lake

Population

5,8326,097

Median household income

$171,103$211,233

Median home value

$812,300$901,800

Median gross rent

$2,069$2,629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Midland Park	Woodcliff Lake
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	4.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	18.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.7%
75 and over	13.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Midland Park	Woodcliff Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.5%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Midland Park	Woodcliff Lake
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	19.7%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	46.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Midland Park	Woodcliff Lake
Drove alone	70.1%	60.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	4.2%
Public transit	4.3%	6.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	17.4%	23.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Midland Park	Woodcliff Lake
1-unit, detached	67.2%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	12.2%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Midland Park	Woodcliff Lake
Poverty rate	1.6%	2.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1953	1969