Caldwell vs Upper Montclair

A side-by-side comparison of Caldwell and Upper Montclair: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upper Montclair has the higher population (12,279 vs 8,898 in Caldwell). Upper Montclair has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $101,196 in Caldwell). Upper Montclair has the higher median home value ($968,200 vs $563,000 in Caldwell).

Population, income & housing

	Caldwell	Upper Montclair
Population	8,898	12,279
Median age	38.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,196	$250,001
Median home value	$563,000	$968,200
Median gross rent	$1,937	$2,290
Housing units	3,874	4,212
Homeownership rate	45.4%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	85.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caldwell	Upper Montclair
Population	7,969 → 8,898 (+11.7%)	11,589 → 12,279 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$96,806 → $101,196 (+4.5%)	$211,221 → $250,001 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$466,700 → $563,000 (+20.6%)	$766,100 → $968,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,512 → $1,937 (+28.1%)	$2,008 → $2,290 (+14.0%)

Caldwell

Population

7,9698,898

Median household income

$96,806$101,196

Median home value

$466,700$563,000

Median gross rent

$1,512$1,937

Upper Montclair

Population

11,58912,279

Median household income

$211,221$250,001

Median home value

$766,100$968,200

Median gross rent

$2,008$2,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caldwell	Upper Montclair
Under 5	6.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.8%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	4.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.8%
75 and over	8.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caldwell	Upper Montclair
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	75.0%
Black or African American	4.7%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	12.6%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caldwell	Upper Montclair
No high school diploma	3.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	18.9%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	49.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caldwell	Upper Montclair
Drove alone	65.5%	33.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	1.9%
Public transit	4.8%	22.6%
Walked	4.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	39.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caldwell	Upper Montclair
1-unit, detached	31.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	25.4%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caldwell	Upper Montclair
Poverty rate	5.9%	1.8%
Average household size	2.18	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	29	43
Median year structure built	1958	1938