Waldwick vs Wood-Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Waldwick and Wood-Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wood-Ridge has the higher population (10,094 vs 10,090 in Waldwick). Waldwick has the higher median household income ($155,526 vs $131,412 in Wood-Ridge). Waldwick has the higher median home value ($576,200 vs $532,900 in Wood-Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Waldwick	Wood-Ridge
Population	10,090	10,094
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$155,526	$131,412
Median home value	$576,200	$532,900
Median gross rent	$3,189	$1,886
Housing units	3,486	3,888
Homeownership rate	87.9%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	53.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waldwick	Wood-Ridge
Population	9,986 → 10,090 (+1.0%)	8,769 → 10,094 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$124,803 → $155,526 (+24.6%)	$110,625 → $131,412 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$448,900 → $576,200 (+28.4%)	$411,800 → $532,900 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,006 → $3,189 (+59.0%)	$1,779 → $1,886 (+6.0%)

Waldwick

Population

9,98610,090

Median household income

$124,803$155,526

Median home value

$448,900$576,200

Median gross rent

$2,006$3,189

Wood-Ridge

Population

8,76910,094

Median household income

$110,625$131,412

Median home value

$411,800$532,900

Median gross rent

$1,779$1,886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waldwick	Wood-Ridge
Under 5	7.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	17.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.0%
75 and over	9.1%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waldwick	Wood-Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	53.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	7.5%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waldwick	Wood-Ridge
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	20.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.0%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waldwick	Wood-Ridge
Drove alone	67.8%	65.1%
Carpooled	3.0%	1.1%
Public transit	7.5%	17.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.0%	12.9%
Other means	2.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waldwick	Wood-Ridge
1-unit, detached	79.3%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.8%
20 or more units	3.9%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waldwick	Wood-Ridge
Poverty rate	2.2%	6.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1957	1964