Netcong vs Riverdale

A side-by-side comparison of Netcong and Riverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riverdale has the higher population (4,084 vs 3,543 in Netcong). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($96,667 vs $92,596 in Netcong). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($384,500 vs $344,300 in Netcong).

Population, income & housing

	Netcong	Riverdale
Population	3,543	4,084
Median age	43.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,596	$96,667
Median home value	$344,300	$384,500
Median gross rent	$1,396	$2,351
Housing units	1,973	2,038
Homeownership rate	52.9%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Netcong	Riverdale
Population	3,177 → 3,543 (+11.5%)	4,197 → 4,084 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $92,596 (+33.5%)	$110,664 → $96,667 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$273,000 → $344,300 (+26.1%)	$347,400 → $384,500 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,166 → $1,396 (+19.7%)	$2,098 → $2,351 (+12.1%)

Netcong

Population

3,1773,543

Median household income

$69,375$92,596

Median home value

$273,000$344,300

Median gross rent

$1,166$1,396

Riverdale

Population

4,1974,084

Median household income

$110,664$96,667

Median home value

$347,400$384,500

Median gross rent

$2,098$2,351

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Netcong	Riverdale
Under 5	7.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	7.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.9%
55 to 64	25.3%	20.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	11.4%
75 and over	6.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Netcong	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	62.6%	75.2%
Black or African American	11.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.9%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Netcong	Riverdale
No high school diploma	6.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Netcong	Riverdale
Drove alone	71.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	13.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Netcong	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	65.3%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	17.2%	10.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	39.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Netcong	Riverdale
Poverty rate	8.4%	10.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1956	1995