Montvale vs Upper Saddle River

A side-by-side comparison of Montvale and Upper Saddle River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montvale has the higher population (8,625 vs 8,354 in Upper Saddle River). Upper Saddle River has the higher median household income ($246,719 vs $183,664 in Montvale). Upper Saddle River has the higher median home value ($1,101,800 vs $688,500 in Montvale).

Population, income & housing

	Montvale	Upper Saddle River
Population	8,625	8,354
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$183,664	$246,719
Median home value	$688,500	$1,101,800
Median gross rent	$2,241	$3,501
Housing units	3,188	2,715
Homeownership rate	84.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montvale	Upper Saddle River
Population	8,489 → 8,625 (+1.6%)	8,227 → 8,354 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$146,708 → $183,664 (+25.2%)	$158,536 → $246,719 (+55.6%)
Median home value	$619,400 → $688,500 (+11.2%)	$885,900 → $1,101,800 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,833 → $2,241 (+22.3%)	$2,859 → $3,501 (+22.5%)

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

Upper Saddle River

Population

8,2278,354

Median household income

$158,536$246,719

Median home value

$885,900$1,101,800

Median gross rent

$2,859$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montvale	Upper Saddle River
Under 5	6.2%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	17.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.5%
75 and over	10.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montvale	Upper Saddle River
White (non-Hispanic)	72.6%	72.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.2%	16.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montvale	Upper Saddle River
No high school diploma	5.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	14.6%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	43.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	30.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montvale	Upper Saddle River
Drove alone	57.4%	51.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.7%
Public transit	5.3%	8.7%
Walked	0.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	29.5%	31.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montvale	Upper Saddle River
1-unit, detached	64.3%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	13.5%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montvale	Upper Saddle River
Poverty rate	3.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.79	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1968	1969