Ridgefield vs Wallington

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

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

Wallington has the higher population (11,825 vs 11,439 in Ridgefield). Ridgefield has the higher median household income ($115,676 vs $82,422 in Wallington). Ridgefield has the higher median home value ($609,700 vs $493,700 in Wallington).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgefield	Wallington
Population	11,439	11,825
Median age	40.3 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$115,676	$82,422
Median home value	$609,700	$493,700
Median gross rent	$1,935	$1,568
Housing units	4,192	5,153
Homeownership rate	46.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgefield	Wallington
Population	11,227 → 11,439 (+1.9%)	11,540 → 11,825 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$71,699 → $115,676 (+61.3%)	$68,845 → $82,422 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$442,500 → $609,700 (+37.8%)	$375,800 → $493,700 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,584 → $1,935 (+22.2%)	$1,237 → $1,568 (+26.8%)

Ridgefield

Population

11,22711,439

Median household income

$71,699$115,676

Median home value

$442,500$609,700

Median gross rent

$1,584$1,935

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	Wallington
Under 5	3.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	15.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.0%
75 and over	5.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgefield	Wallington
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	69.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	26.3%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.9%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	35.2%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgefield	Wallington
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	22.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgefield	Wallington
Drove alone	63.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	6.0%
Public transit	11.2%	6.9%
Walked	0.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	4.7%
Other means	2.4%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgefield	Wallington
1-unit, detached	39.8%	22.9%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	37.5%	45.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	19.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgefield	Wallington
Poverty rate	5.1%	12.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1957	1960