Oak Valley vs Richwood

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Valley and Richwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak Valley has the higher population (4,374 vs 3,453 in Richwood). Richwood has the higher median household income ($206,685 vs $90,563 in Oak Valley). Richwood has the higher median home value ($566,000 vs $226,000 in Oak Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Valley	Richwood
Population	4,374	3,453
Median age	32.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,563	$206,685
Median home value	$226,000	$566,000
Housing units	1,291	1,101
Homeownership rate	86.1%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Valley	Richwood
Population	3,345 → 4,374 (+30.8%)	3,925 → 3,453 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$85,313 → $90,563 (+6.2%)	$166,450 → $206,685 (+24.2%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $226,000 (+33.6%)	$385,300 → $566,000 (+46.9%)

Oak Valley

Population

3,3454,374

Median household income

$85,313$90,563

Median home value

$169,100$226,000

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)

	Oak Valley	Richwood
Under 5	9.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.8%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.6%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	18.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	5.3%	7.4%
75 and over	6.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Valley	Richwood
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	93.1%
Black or African American	15.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Valley	Richwood
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	43.2%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Valley	Richwood
Drove alone	81.1%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	22.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Valley	Richwood
1-unit, detached	94.0%	95.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oak Valley	Richwood
Poverty rate	16.1%	4.2%
Average household size	3.48	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1961	2000