Cream Ridge vs Interlaken

A side-by-side comparison of Cream Ridge and Interlaken: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Interlaken has the higher population (821 vs 477 in Cream Ridge). Cream Ridge has the higher median household income ($235,761 vs $180,972 in Interlaken). Interlaken has the higher median home value ($935,600 vs $808,000 in Cream Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cream Ridge	Interlaken
Population	477	821
Median age	51.1 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$235,761	$180,972
Median home value	$808,000	$935,600
Median gross rent	—	$3,417
Housing units	197	380
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.7%	67.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cream Ridge	Interlaken
Population	608 → 477 (-21.5%)	749 → 821 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$231,417 → $235,761 (+1.9%)	$114,250 → $180,972 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$735,200 → $808,000 (+9.9%)	$655,500 → $935,600 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$3,050 → $3,417 (+12.0%)

Cream Ridge

Population

608477

Median household income

$231,417$235,761

Median home value

$735,200$808,000

Interlaken

Population

749821

Median household income

$114,250$180,972

Median home value

$655,500$935,600

Median gross rent

$3,050$3,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cream Ridge	Interlaken
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	27.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	5.0%	6.6%
35 to 44	1.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	22.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	21.8%
65 to 74	5.5%	18.1%
75 and over	19.9%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cream Ridge	Interlaken
White (non-Hispanic)	77.4%	95.1%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cream Ridge	Interlaken
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	26.0%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	13.3%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	41.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cream Ridge	Interlaken
Drove alone	75.8%	58.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	7.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.3%	26.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cream Ridge	Interlaken
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cream Ridge	Interlaken
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.4%
Average household size	3.46	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	2004	1946