Glen Ridge vs Upper Montclair

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

Glen Ridge 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 7,827 in Glen Ridge). Upper Montclair has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $248,016 in Glen Ridge). Upper Montclair has the higher median home value ($968,200 vs $730,600 in Glen Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Ridge	Upper Montclair
Population	7,827	12,279
Median age	41.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$248,016	$250,001
Median home value	$730,600	$968,200
Median gross rent	$2,347	$2,290
Housing units	2,553	4,212
Homeownership rate	93.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.4%	85.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Ridge	Upper Montclair
Population	7,584 → 7,827 (+3.2%)	11,589 → 12,279 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$202,222 → $248,016 (+22.6%)	$211,221 → $250,001 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$653,400 → $730,600 (+11.8%)	$766,100 → $968,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,723 → $2,347 (+36.2%)	$2,008 → $2,290 (+14.0%)

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

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)

	Glen Ridge	Upper Montclair
Under 5	5.4%	7.1%
5 to 17	24.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	4.9%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.8%
75 and over	2.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Ridge	Upper Montclair
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	75.0%
Black or African American	3.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Ridge	Upper Montclair
No high school diploma	0.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	10.4%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	5.9%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	49.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Ridge	Upper Montclair
Drove alone	35.0%	33.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	1.9%
Public transit	27.8%	22.6%
Walked	1.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.1%	39.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Ridge	Upper Montclair
1-unit, detached	84.0%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	10.8%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Ridge	Upper Montclair
Poverty rate	1.0%	1.8%
Average household size	3.13	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	38	43
Median year structure built	1938	1938