Northvale vs Saddle River

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

Northvale 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.

Northvale has the higher population (4,782 vs 3,358 in Saddle River). Saddle River has the higher median household income ($236,985 vs $117,717 in Northvale). Saddle River has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $577,300 in Northvale).

Population, income & housing

	Northvale	Saddle River
Population	4,782	3,358
Median age	43.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$117,717	$236,985
Median home value	$577,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,845	$1,709
Housing units	1,688	1,495
Homeownership rate	77.4%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.5%	76.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northvale	Saddle River
Population	4,862 → 4,782 (-1.6%)	3,192 → 3,358 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$108,385 → $117,717 (+8.6%)	$213,958 → $236,985 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$463,100 → $577,300 (+24.7%)	$1,779,500 → $2,000,001 (+12.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,614 → $1,845 (+14.3%)	$1,804 → $1,709 (-5.3%)

Northvale

Population

4,8624,782

Median household income

$108,385$117,717

Median home value

$463,100$577,300

Median gross rent

$1,614$1,845

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)

	Northvale	Saddle River
Under 5	4.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	17.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	19.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	14.1%
75 and over	7.8%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northvale	Saddle River
White (non-Hispanic)	48.2%	73.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	36.8%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northvale	Saddle River
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	23.1%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	8.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.7%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northvale	Saddle River
Drove alone	67.8%	71.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	1.7%
Public transit	9.8%	1.6%
Walked	1.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	24.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northvale	Saddle River
1-unit, detached	78.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northvale	Saddle River
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1968	1984