Oakland vs Ridgefield Park

A side-by-side comparison of Oakland and Ridgefield Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ridgefield Park has the higher population (13,167 vs 12,700 in Oakland). Oakland has the higher median household income ($162,862 vs $98,184 in Ridgefield Park). Oakland has the higher median home value ($567,200 vs $459,400 in Ridgefield Park).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland	Ridgefield Park
Population	12,700	13,167
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$162,862	$98,184
Median home value	$567,200	$459,400
Median gross rent	$1,462	$1,633
Housing units	4,687	5,389
Homeownership rate	91.8%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland	Ridgefield Park
Population	12,972 → 12,700 (-2.1%)	12,922 → 13,167 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$126,319 → $162,862 (+28.9%)	$86,923 → $98,184 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$468,700 → $567,200 (+21.0%)	$349,100 → $459,400 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,642 → $1,462 (-11.0%)	$1,368 → $1,633 (+19.4%)

Oakland

Population

12,97212,700

Median household income

$126,319$162,862

Median home value

$468,700$567,200

Median gross rent

$1,642$1,462

Ridgefield Park

Population

12,92213,167

Median household income

$86,923$98,184

Median home value

$349,100$459,400

Median gross rent

$1,368$1,633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland	Ridgefield Park
Under 5	5.9%	8.7%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.8%	15.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.6%
75 and over	7.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland	Ridgefield Park
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	33.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	7.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	49.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland	Ridgefield Park
No high school diploma	3.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	19.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland	Ridgefield Park
Drove alone	71.3%	62.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	10.5%
Public transit	3.3%	11.2%
Walked	1.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.4%	9.9%
Other means	0.6%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland	Ridgefield Park
1-unit, detached	91.0%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	27.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	17.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Oakland	Ridgefield Park
Poverty rate	3.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.85	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1960	1947