Palisades Park vs Rutherford

A side-by-side comparison of Palisades Park and Rutherford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palisades Park has the higher population (20,192 vs 18,748 in Rutherford). Rutherford has the higher median household income ($136,069 vs $101,295 in Palisades Park). Palisades Park has the higher median home value ($704,400 vs $580,800 in Rutherford).

Population, income & housing

	Palisades Park	Rutherford
Population	20,192	18,748
Median age	43.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,295	$136,069
Median home value	$704,400	$580,800
Median gross rent	$1,976	$1,859
Housing units	7,612	7,163
Homeownership rate	37.2%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palisades Park	Rutherford
Population	20,604 → 20,192 (-2.0%)	18,398 → 18,748 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$68,245 → $101,295 (+48.4%)	$101,473 → $136,069 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$558,400 → $704,400 (+26.1%)	$473,500 → $580,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,520 → $1,976 (+30.0%)	$1,440 → $1,859 (+29.1%)

Palisades Park

Population

20,60420,192

Median household income

$68,245$101,295

Median home value

$558,400$704,400

Median gross rent

$1,520$1,976

Rutherford

Population

18,39818,748

Median household income

$101,473$136,069

Median home value

$473,500$580,800

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palisades Park	Rutherford
Under 5	4.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.8%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.0%
75 and over	9.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palisades Park	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	57.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	54.8%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palisades Park	Rutherford
No high school diploma	9.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	20.2%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palisades Park	Rutherford
Drove alone	54.8%	55.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	2.5%
Public transit	18.9%	17.9%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	20.2%
Other means	1.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palisades Park	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	16.8%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	21.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	32.8%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	10.2%
20 or more units	17.2%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Palisades Park	Rutherford
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	32	35
Median year structure built	1976	1945