Ridgefield Park vs Wallington

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

Ridgefield Park and Wallington 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 11,825 in Wallington). Ridgefield Park has the higher median household income ($98,184 vs $82,422 in Wallington). Wallington has the higher median home value ($493,700 vs $459,400 in Ridgefield Park).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgefield Park	Wallington
Population	13,167	11,825
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$98,184	$82,422
Median home value	$459,400	$493,700
Median gross rent	$1,633	$1,568
Housing units	5,389	5,153
Homeownership rate	57.3%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgefield Park	Wallington
Population	12,922 → 13,167 (+1.9%)	11,540 → 11,825 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$86,923 → $98,184 (+13.0%)	$68,845 → $82,422 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$349,100 → $459,400 (+31.6%)	$375,800 → $493,700 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,368 → $1,633 (+19.4%)	$1,237 → $1,568 (+26.8%)

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

Wallington

Population

11,54011,825

Median household income

$68,845$82,422

Median home value

$375,800$493,700

Median gross rent

$1,237$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgefield Park	Wallington
Under 5	8.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.0%
75 and over	5.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgefield Park	Wallington
White (non-Hispanic)	33.2%	69.6%
Black or African American	6.5%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgefield Park	Wallington
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.7%
High school graduate	28.0%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgefield Park	Wallington
Drove alone	62.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.0%
Public transit	11.2%	6.9%
Walked	2.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	4.7%
Other means	3.2%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgefield Park	Wallington
1-unit, detached	41.2%	22.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	27.8%	45.5%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	19.6%
20 or more units	17.2%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgefield Park	Wallington
Poverty rate	13.0%	12.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1947	1960