Brookdale vs North Caldwell

A side-by-side comparison of Brookdale and North Caldwell: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookdale and North Caldwell 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 6,622 in North Caldwell). North Caldwell has the higher median household income ($203,140 vs $150,489 in Brookdale). North Caldwell has the higher median home value ($906,100 vs $527,200 in Brookdale).

Population, income & housing

	Brookdale	North Caldwell
Population	10,044	6,622
Median age	38.1 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$150,489	$203,140
Median home value	$527,200	$906,100
Median gross rent	$1,698	$3,250
Housing units	3,611	2,353
Homeownership rate	88.1%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.5%	77.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookdale	North Caldwell
Population	9,801 → 10,044 (+2.5%)	6,615 → 6,622 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$112,214 → $150,489 (+34.1%)	$187,734 → $203,140 (+8.2%)
Median home value	$378,600 → $527,200 (+39.2%)	$738,300 → $906,100 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,698 (+15.6%)	—

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

North Caldwell

Population

6,6156,622

Median household income

$187,734$203,140

Median home value

$738,300$906,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookdale	North Caldwell
Under 5	11.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	5.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.6%
75 and over	7.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookdale	North Caldwell
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	78.4%
Black or African American	7.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	11.6%	10.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookdale	North Caldwell
No high school diploma	3.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	19.9%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	9.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	46.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookdale	North Caldwell
Drove alone	53.4%	61.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.1%
Public transit	11.6%	4.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	29.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookdale	North Caldwell
1-unit, detached	87.7%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookdale	North Caldwell
Poverty rate	2.8%	1.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1951	1965