Paramus vs Ridgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Paramus and Ridgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paramus has the higher population (26,500 vs 26,076 in Ridgewood). Ridgewood has the higher median household income ($217,250 vs $139,707 in Paramus). Ridgewood has the higher median home value ($882,700 vs $736,000 in Paramus).

Population, income & housing

	Paramus	Ridgewood
Population	26,500	26,076
Median age	49.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$139,707	$217,250
Median home value	$736,000	$882,700
Median gross rent	$2,845	$2,340
Housing units	8,898	9,166
Homeownership rate	81.7%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	80.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paramus	Ridgewood
Population	26,503 → 26,500 (-0.0%)	25,179 → 26,076 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$128,306 → $139,707 (+8.9%)	$184,355 → $217,250 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$600,200 → $736,000 (+22.6%)	$763,300 → $882,700 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,011 → $2,845 (+41.5%)	$2,026 → $2,340 (+15.5%)

Paramus

Population

26,50326,500

Median household income

$128,306$139,707

Median home value

$600,200$736,000

Median gross rent

$2,011$2,845

Ridgewood

Population

25,17926,076

Median household income

$184,355$217,250

Median home value

$763,300$882,700

Median gross rent

$2,026$2,340

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paramus	Ridgewood
Under 5	3.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	22.7%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.7%	7.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	18.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.3%
75 and over	13.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paramus	Ridgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	67.1%
Black or African American	3.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	23.5%	16.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paramus	Ridgewood
No high school diploma	5.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	22.0%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	10.7%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	43.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paramus	Ridgewood
Drove alone	63.2%	50.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	4.4%
Public transit	7.8%	12.2%
Walked	1.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.5%	28.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paramus	Ridgewood
1-unit, detached	84.2%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	4.6%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Paramus	Ridgewood
Poverty rate	5.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.95	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1963	1950