Brookdale vs Glen Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Brookdale and Glen Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookdale has the higher population (10,044 vs 7,827 in Glen Ridge). Glen Ridge has the higher median household income ($248,016 vs $150,489 in Brookdale). Glen Ridge has the higher median home value ($730,600 vs $527,200 in Brookdale).

Population, income & housing

	Brookdale	Glen Ridge
Population	10,044	7,827
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$150,489	$248,016
Median home value	$527,200	$730,600
Median gross rent	$1,698	$2,347
Housing units	3,611	2,553
Homeownership rate	88.1%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.5%	83.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookdale	Glen Ridge
Population	9,801 → 10,044 (+2.5%)	7,584 → 7,827 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$112,214 → $150,489 (+34.1%)	$202,222 → $248,016 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$378,600 → $527,200 (+39.2%)	$653,400 → $730,600 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,698 (+15.6%)	$1,723 → $2,347 (+36.2%)

Brookdale

Population

9,80110,044

Median household income

$112,214$150,489

Median home value

$378,600$527,200

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,698

Glen Ridge

Population

7,5847,827

Median household income

$202,222$248,016

Median home value

$653,400$730,600

Median gross rent

$1,723$2,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookdale	Glen Ridge
Under 5	11.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	24.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.2%	5.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.3%
75 and over	7.9%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookdale	Glen Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	72.0%
Black or African American	7.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	11.6%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookdale	Glen Ridge
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.3%
High school graduate	19.9%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	40.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	43.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookdale	Glen Ridge
Drove alone	53.4%	35.0%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.5%
Public transit	11.6%	27.8%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	29.1%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookdale	Glen Ridge
1-unit, detached	87.7%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	10.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookdale	Glen Ridge
Poverty rate	2.8%	1.0%
Average household size	2.83	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	34	38
Median year structure built	1951	1938