Ledgewood vs Towaco

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

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

Towaco has the higher population (5,627 vs 5,150 in Ledgewood). Towaco has the higher median household income ($197,696 vs $125,000 in Ledgewood). Towaco has the higher median home value ($690,900 vs $454,100 in Ledgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Ledgewood	Towaco
Population	5,150	5,627
Median age	45.3 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,000	$197,696
Median home value	$454,100	$690,900
Median gross rent	$1,570	$2,726
Housing units	2,064	2,052
Homeownership rate	83.5%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.5%	73.0%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ledgewood	Towaco
Population	5,341 → 5,150 (-3.6%)	5,244 → 5,627 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$99,044 → $125,000 (+26.2%)	$91,063 → $197,696 (+117.1%)
Median home value	$374,700 → $454,100 (+21.2%)	$486,600 → $690,900 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,716 → $1,570 (-8.5%)	$2,653 → $2,726 (+2.8%)

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

Towaco

Population

5,2445,627

Median household income

$91,063$197,696

Median home value

$486,600$690,900

Median gross rent

$2,653$2,726

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ledgewood	Towaco
Under 5	2.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.2%	5.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	20.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	18.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	8.7%
75 and over	5.7%	12.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ledgewood	Towaco
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	76.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.0%	14.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ledgewood	Towaco
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.3%
High school graduate	13.6%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	43.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ledgewood	Towaco
Drove alone	77.9%	69.0%
Carpooled	4.4%	2.3%
Public transit	1.2%	5.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	22.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ledgewood	Towaco
1-unit, detached	59.0%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ledgewood	Towaco
Poverty rate	2.9%	1.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1992	1973