Ridgefield vs Westwood

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

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

Ridgefield has the higher population (11,439 vs 11,221 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($169,026 vs $115,676 in Ridgefield). Ridgefield has the higher median home value ($609,700 vs $587,700 in Westwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgefield	Westwood
Population	11,439	11,221
Median age	40.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$115,676	$169,026
Median home value	$609,700	$587,700
Median gross rent	$1,935	$2,351
Housing units	4,192	4,444
Homeownership rate	46.8%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgefield	Westwood
Population	11,227 → 11,439 (+1.9%)	11,115 → 11,221 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$71,699 → $115,676 (+61.3%)	$110,473 → $169,026 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$442,500 → $609,700 (+37.8%)	$463,500 → $587,700 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,584 → $1,935 (+22.2%)	$1,757 → $2,351 (+33.8%)

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

Westwood

Population

11,11511,221

Median household income

$110,473$169,026

Median home value

$463,500$587,700

Median gross rent

$1,757$2,351

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ridgefield	Westwood
Under 5	3.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	15.4%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.8%
75 and over	5.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgefield	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	64.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	26.3%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.9%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	35.2%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgefield	Westwood
No high school diploma	6.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	22.8%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgefield	Westwood
Drove alone	63.9%	61.2%
Carpooled	13.0%	8.8%
Public transit	11.2%	4.8%
Walked	0.4%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	17.6%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgefield	Westwood
1-unit, detached	39.8%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	37.5%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	6.8%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ridgefield	Westwood
Poverty rate	5.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.80	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1957	1961