Hawthorne vs Ringwood

A side-by-side comparison of Hawthorne and Ringwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hawthorne has the higher population (19,472 vs 11,600 in Ringwood). Ringwood has the higher median household income ($142,529 vs $118,093 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($499,200 vs $434,800 in Ringwood).

Population, income & housing

	Hawthorne	Ringwood
Population	19,472	11,600
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$118,093	$142,529
Median home value	$499,200	$434,800
Median gross rent	$1,828	$1,934
Housing units	8,033	4,241
Homeownership rate	68.2%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawthorne	Ringwood
Population	18,784 → 19,472 (+3.7%)	12,251 → 11,600 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$97,692 → $118,093 (+20.9%)	$125,476 → $142,529 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$381,000 → $499,200 (+31.0%)	$366,400 → $434,800 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,828 (+23.1%)	$1,776 → $1,934 (+8.9%)

Hawthorne

Population

18,78419,472

Median household income

$97,692$118,093

Median home value

$381,000$499,200

Median gross rent

$1,485$1,828

Ringwood

Population

12,25111,600

Median household income

$125,476$142,529

Median home value

$366,400$434,800

Median gross rent

$1,776$1,934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hawthorne	Ringwood
Under 5	3.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	12.9%
75 and over	7.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawthorne	Ringwood
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	81.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawthorne	Ringwood
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawthorne	Ringwood
Drove alone	81.3%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.1%
Public transit	2.4%	1.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	15.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawthorne	Ringwood
1-unit, detached	52.5%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	30.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Hawthorne	Ringwood
Poverty rate	5.1%	2.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1953	1964