Montvale vs Park Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Montvale and Park Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park Ridge has the higher population (9,218 vs 8,625 in Montvale). Montvale has the higher median household income ($183,664 vs $165,391 in Park Ridge). Montvale has the higher median home value ($688,500 vs $666,200 in Park Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Montvale	Park Ridge
Population	8,625	9,218
Median age	40.7 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$183,664	$165,391
Median home value	$688,500	$666,200
Median gross rent	$2,241	$1,995
Housing units	3,188	3,410
Homeownership rate	84.1%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montvale	Park Ridge
Population	8,489 → 8,625 (+1.6%)	8,766 → 9,218 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$146,708 → $183,664 (+25.2%)	$137,903 → $165,391 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$619,400 → $688,500 (+11.2%)	$588,900 → $666,200 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,833 → $2,241 (+22.3%)	$1,474 → $1,995 (+35.3%)

Montvale

Population

8,4898,625

Median household income

$146,708$183,664

Median home value

$619,400$688,500

Median gross rent

$1,833$2,241

Park Ridge

Population

8,7669,218

Median household income

$137,903$165,391

Median home value

$588,900$666,200

Median gross rent

$1,474$1,995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montvale	Park Ridge
Under 5	6.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.2%
75 and over	10.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montvale	Park Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	80.0%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montvale	Park Ridge
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	14.6%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montvale	Park Ridge
Drove alone	57.4%	63.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.6%
Public transit	5.3%	3.7%
Walked	0.1%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	29.5%	21.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montvale	Park Ridge
1-unit, detached	64.3%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montvale	Park Ridge
Poverty rate	3.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.79	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1968	1963