Clifton vs Woodland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Clifton and Woodland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clifton has the higher population (89,247 vs 13,284 in Woodland Park). Clifton has the higher median household income ($99,003 vs $85,638 in Woodland Park). Woodland Park has the higher median home value ($475,400 vs $444,300 in Clifton).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Woodland Park
Population	89,247	13,284
Median age	41.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$99,003	$85,638
Median home value	$444,300	$475,400
Median gross rent	$1,658	$1,773
Housing units	34,064	5,527
Homeownership rate	58.7%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Woodland Park
Population	85,204 → 89,247 (+4.7%)	12,547 → 13,284 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$76,646 → $99,003 (+29.2%)	$77,250 → $85,638 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$345,400 → $444,300 (+28.6%)	$365,900 → $475,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,409 → $1,658 (+17.7%)	$1,480 → $1,773 (+19.8%)

Clifton

Population

85,20489,247

Median household income

$76,646$99,003

Median home value

$345,400$444,300

Median gross rent

$1,409$1,658

Woodland Park

Population

12,54713,284

Median household income

$77,250$85,638

Median home value

$365,900$475,400

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Woodland Park
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.5%
75 and over	7.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Woodland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	55.4%
Black or African American	3.7%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.7%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	39.4%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Woodland Park
No high school diploma	10.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	31.4%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Woodland Park
Drove alone	68.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.8%
Public transit	9.6%	2.4%
Walked	1.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	10.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Woodland Park
1-unit, detached	45.3%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	30.1%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	24.4%
20 or more units	8.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Woodland Park
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1952	1969