Ridgefield Park vs River Edge

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

Ridgefield Park and River Edge 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 12,024 in River Edge). River Edge has the higher median household income ($155,827 vs $98,184 in Ridgefield Park). River Edge has the higher median home value ($637,500 vs $459,400 in Ridgefield Park).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgefield Park	River Edge
Population	13,167	12,024
Median age	38.0 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$98,184	$155,827
Median home value	$459,400	$637,500
Median gross rent	$1,633	$1,811
Housing units	5,389	4,479
Homeownership rate	57.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	70.8%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgefield Park	River Edge
Population	12,922 → 13,167 (+1.9%)	11,500 → 12,024 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$86,923 → $98,184 (+13.0%)	$124,598 → $155,827 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$349,100 → $459,400 (+31.6%)	$520,800 → $637,500 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,633 (+19.4%)	$1,676 → $1,811 (+8.1%)

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

River Edge

Population

11,50012,024

Median household income

$124,598$155,827

Median home value

$520,800$637,500

Median gross rent

$1,676$1,811

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgefield Park	River Edge
Under 5	8.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.7%
75 and over	5.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgefield Park	River Edge
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	54.7%
Black or African American	6.5%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	28.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgefield Park	River Edge
No high school diploma	9.9%	4.2%
High school graduate	28.0%	8.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	45.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	25.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgefield Park	River Edge
Drove alone	62.5%	59.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.8%
Public transit	11.2%	10.5%
Walked	2.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	20.1%
Other means	3.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgefield Park	River Edge
1-unit, detached	41.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	17.2%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ridgefield Park	River Edge
Poverty rate	13.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1947	1954