Califon vs Ringoes

A side-by-side comparison of Califon and Ringoes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Califon has the higher population (1,065 vs 868 in Ringoes). Califon has the higher median household income ($130,938 vs $100,720 in Ringoes). Califon has the higher median home value ($416,900 vs $412,500 in Ringoes).

Population, income & housing

	Califon	Ringoes
Population	1,065	868
Median age	40.9 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$130,938	$100,720
Median home value	$416,900	$412,500
Median gross rent	$1,438	$2,013
Housing units	443	354
Homeownership rate	87.1%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Califon	Ringoes
Population	1,139 → 1,065 (-6.5%)	887 → 868 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$97,019 → $130,938 (+35.0%)	$148,185 → $100,720 (-32.0%)
Median home value	$353,800 → $416,900 (+17.8%)	$369,400 → $412,500 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,438 (+28.4%)	$2,241 → $2,013 (-10.2%)

Califon

Population

1,1391,065

Median household income

$97,019$130,938

Median home value

$353,800$416,900

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,438

Ringoes

Population

887868

Median household income

$148,185$100,720

Median home value

$369,400$412,500

Median gross rent

$2,241$2,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Califon	Ringoes
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.8%	18.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	17.3%	19.1%
55 to 64	16.2%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.1%
75 and over	4.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Califon	Ringoes
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Califon	Ringoes
No high school diploma	1.9%	10.7%
High school graduate	18.8%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	18.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.8%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Califon	Ringoes
Drove alone	76.3%	76.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	21.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Califon	Ringoes
1-unit, detached	89.4%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Califon	Ringoes
Poverty rate	8.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1958	1965