National Park vs Richwood

A side-by-side comparison of National Park and Richwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richwood has the higher population (3,453 vs 3,043 in National Park). Richwood has the higher median household income ($206,685 vs $81,507 in National Park). Richwood has the higher median home value ($566,000 vs $207,400 in National Park).

Population, income & housing

	National Park	Richwood
Population	3,043	3,453
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,507	$206,685
Median home value	$207,400	$566,000
Median gross rent	$1,380	—
Housing units	1,140	1,101
Homeownership rate	84.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	National Park	Richwood
Population	2,959 → 3,043 (+2.8%)	3,925 → 3,453 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$65,625 → $81,507 (+24.2%)	$166,450 → $206,685 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$149,700 → $207,400 (+38.5%)	$385,300 → $566,000 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,380 (+20.7%)	—

National Park

Population

2,9593,043

Median household income

$65,625$81,507

Median home value

$149,700$207,400

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,380

Richwood

Population

3,9253,453

Median household income

$166,450$206,685

Median home value

$385,300$566,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	National Park	Richwood
Under 5	6.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	11.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	18.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.4%
75 and over	3.7%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	National Park	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	93.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	National Park	Richwood
No high school diploma	8.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	41.1%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	National Park	Richwood
Drove alone	76.7%	70.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.2%
Public transit	5.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	22.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	National Park	Richwood
1-unit, detached	87.5%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	National Park	Richwood
Poverty rate	7.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.81	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1954	2000