Landing vs Ledgewood

A side-by-side comparison of Landing and Ledgewood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ledgewood has the higher population (5,150 vs 4,499 in Landing). Landing has the higher median household income ($125,407 vs $125,000 in Ledgewood). Ledgewood has the higher median home value ($454,100 vs $382,300 in Landing).

Population, income & housing

	Landing	Ledgewood
Population	4,499	5,150
Median age	38.0 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,407	$125,000
Median home value	$382,300	$454,100
Median gross rent	$1,706	$1,570
Housing units	1,626	2,064
Homeownership rate	82.9%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	62.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	17.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Landing	Ledgewood
Population	4,456 → 4,499 (+1.0%)	5,341 → 5,150 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$95,656 → $125,407 (+31.1%)	$99,044 → $125,000 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $382,300 (+25.6%)	$374,700 → $454,100 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,256 → $1,706 (+35.8%)	$1,716 → $1,570 (-8.5%)

Landing

Population

4,4564,499

Median household income

$95,656$125,407

Median home value

$304,400$382,300

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,706

Ledgewood

Population

5,3415,150

Median household income

$99,044$125,000

Median home value

$374,700$454,100

Median gross rent

$1,716$1,570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Landing	Ledgewood
Under 5	3.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	18.4%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	20.8%
55 to 64	9.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.1%
75 and over	4.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Landing	Ledgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	66.9%
Black or African American	7.1%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Landing	Ledgewood
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	18.6%	13.6%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Landing	Ledgewood
Drove alone	54.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	4.4%
Public transit	12.8%	1.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	15.3%
Other means	4.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Landing	Ledgewood
1-unit, detached	87.5%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	22.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Landing	Ledgewood
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.9%
Average household size	2.96	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	41	33
Median year structure built	1967	1992