Moonachie vs Saddle River

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

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

Saddle River has the higher population (3,358 vs 3,106 in Moonachie). Saddle River has the higher median household income ($236,985 vs $108,359 in Moonachie). Saddle River has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $450,800 in Moonachie).

Population, income & housing

	Moonachie	Saddle River
Population	3,106	3,358
Median age	38.4 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,359	$236,985
Median home value	$450,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,709
Housing units	985	1,495
Homeownership rate	69.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moonachie	Saddle River
Population	2,716 → 3,106 (+14.4%)	3,192 → 3,358 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$66,976 → $108,359 (+61.8%)	$213,958 → $236,985 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$360,100 → $450,800 (+25.2%)	$1,779,500 → $2,000,001 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,199 → $1,131 (-5.7%)	$1,804 → $1,709 (-5.3%)

Moonachie

Population

2,7163,106

Median household income

$66,976$108,359

Median home value

$360,100$450,800

Median gross rent

$1,199$1,131

Saddle River

Population

3,1923,358

Median household income

$213,958$236,985

Median home value

$1,779,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,804$1,709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moonachie	Saddle River
Under 5	4.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	19.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	14.1%
75 and over	5.3%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moonachie	Saddle River
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	13.7%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	55.1%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moonachie	Saddle River
No high school diploma	12.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	30.9%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	8.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moonachie	Saddle River
Drove alone	64.3%	71.5%
Carpooled	20.6%	1.7%
Public transit	3.1%	1.6%
Walked	6.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	24.6%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moonachie	Saddle River
1-unit, detached	53.5%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	35.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moonachie	Saddle River
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.8%
Average household size	3.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1968	1984