River Edge vs Westwood

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

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

River Edge has the higher population (12,024 vs 11,221 in Westwood). Westwood has the higher median household income ($169,026 vs $155,827 in River Edge). River Edge has the higher median home value ($637,500 vs $587,700 in Westwood).

Population, income & housing

	River Edge	Westwood
Population	12,024	11,221
Median age	42.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$155,827	$169,026
Median home value	$637,500	$587,700
Median gross rent	$1,811	$2,351
Housing units	4,479	4,444
Homeownership rate	75.9%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.8%	55.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Edge	Westwood
Population	11,500 → 12,024 (+4.6%)	11,115 → 11,221 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$124,598 → $155,827 (+25.1%)	$110,473 → $169,026 (+53.0%)
Median home value	$520,800 → $637,500 (+22.4%)	$463,500 → $587,700 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,676 → $1,811 (+8.1%)	$1,757 → $2,351 (+33.8%)

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

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)

	River Edge	Westwood
Under 5	4.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.8%
75 and over	5.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Edge	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	54.7%	64.2%
Black or African American	4.7%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.4%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Edge	Westwood
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	8.2%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	45.2%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Edge	Westwood
Drove alone	59.4%	61.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.8%
Public transit	10.5%	4.8%
Walked	0.4%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	20.1%	17.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Edge	Westwood
1-unit, detached	72.8%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	5.6%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	River Edge	Westwood
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1954	1961