Norwood vs Woodcliff Lake

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

Norwood 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.

Woodcliff Lake has the higher population (6,097 vs 5,668 in Norwood). Woodcliff Lake has the higher median household income ($211,233 vs $164,766 in Norwood). Woodcliff Lake has the higher median home value ($901,800 vs $676,400 in Norwood).

Population, income & housing

	Norwood	Woodcliff Lake
Population	5,668	6,097
Median age	47.5 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$164,766	$211,233
Median home value	$676,400	$901,800
Median gross rent	$2,446	$2,629
Housing units	2,048	2,221
Homeownership rate	80.2%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	77.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norwood	Woodcliff Lake
Population	5,812 → 5,668 (-2.5%)	5,832 → 6,097 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$122,200 → $164,766 (+34.8%)	$171,103 → $211,233 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$626,700 → $676,400 (+7.9%)	$812,300 → $901,800 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,851 → $2,446 (+32.1%)	$2,069 → $2,629 (+27.1%)

Norwood

Population

5,8125,668

Median household income

$122,200$164,766

Median home value

$626,700$676,400

Median gross rent

$1,851$2,446

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)

	Norwood	Woodcliff Lake
Under 5	3.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	4.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	16.8%	18.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.7%
75 and over	12.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norwood	Woodcliff Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	59.3%	73.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	30.3%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	5.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norwood	Woodcliff Lake
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	19.0%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	10.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	46.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norwood	Woodcliff Lake
Drove alone	60.9%	60.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.2%
Public transit	4.5%	6.3%
Walked	1.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.8%
Worked from home	21.3%	23.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norwood	Woodcliff Lake
1-unit, detached	65.4%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	9.7%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Norwood	Woodcliff Lake
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1979	1969