Richwood vs Woodbury Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Richwood and Woodbury Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

Richwood and Woodbury Heights 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 3,116 in Woodbury Heights). Richwood has the higher median household income ($206,685 vs $130,101 in Woodbury Heights). Richwood has the higher median home value ($566,000 vs $260,000 in Woodbury Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Richwood	Woodbury Heights
Population	3,453	3,116
Median age	39.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$206,685	$130,101
Median home value	$566,000	$260,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,353
Housing units	1,101	1,116
Homeownership rate	95.5%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.5%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richwood	Woodbury Heights
Population	3,925 → 3,453 (-12.0%)	2,986 → 3,116 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$166,450 → $206,685 (+24.2%)	$96,875 → $130,101 (+34.3%)
Median home value	$385,300 → $566,000 (+46.9%)	$201,900 → $260,000 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,081 → $1,353 (+25.2%)

Richwood

Population

3,9253,453

Median household income

$166,450$206,685

Median home value

$385,300$566,000

Woodbury Heights

Population

2,9863,116

Median household income

$96,875$130,101

Median home value

$201,900$260,000

Median gross rent

$1,081$1,353

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Richwood	Woodbury Heights
Under 5	3.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	13.4%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	18.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.1%
75 and over	3.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richwood	Woodbury Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richwood	Woodbury Heights
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	16.4%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richwood	Woodbury Heights
Drove alone	70.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.7%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richwood	Woodbury Heights
1-unit, detached	95.4%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richwood	Woodbury Heights
Poverty rate	4.2%	5.2%
Average household size	3.60	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	2000	1963