Haledon vs Wanaque

A side-by-side comparison of Haledon and Wanaque: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wanaque has the higher population (11,162 vs 8,936 in Haledon). Wanaque has the higher median household income ($112,326 vs $94,178 in Haledon). Wanaque has the higher median home value ($366,400 vs $347,700 in Haledon).

Population, income & housing

	Haledon	Wanaque
Population	8,936	11,162
Median age	40.9 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,178	$112,326
Median home value	$347,700	$366,400
Median gross rent	$1,651	$1,885
Housing units	3,318	4,425
Homeownership rate	48.3%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haledon	Wanaque
Population	8,325 → 8,936 (+7.3%)	11,709 → 11,162 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$70,167 → $94,178 (+34.2%)	$95,023 → $112,326 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$271,700 → $347,700 (+28.0%)	$318,000 → $366,400 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $1,651 (+17.3%)	$1,595 → $1,885 (+18.2%)

Haledon

Population

8,3258,936

Median household income

$70,167$94,178

Median home value

$271,700$347,700

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,651

Wanaque

Population

11,70911,162

Median household income

$95,023$112,326

Median home value

$318,000$366,400

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haledon	Wanaque
Under 5	4.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	11.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	16.6%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.9%
75 and over	7.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haledon	Wanaque
White (non-Hispanic)	25.3%	72.4%
Black or African American	11.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	3.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	55.2%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haledon	Wanaque
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haledon	Wanaque
Drove alone	74.1%	79.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	7.1%
Public transit	5.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	6.7%
Other means	3.4%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haledon	Wanaque
1-unit, detached	36.2%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	47.2%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	8.5%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Haledon	Wanaque
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.9%
Average household size	2.74	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1961	1962