Hawthorne vs Woodland Park

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

Hawthorne 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.

Hawthorne has the higher population (19,472 vs 13,284 in Woodland Park). Hawthorne has the higher median household income ($118,093 vs $85,638 in Woodland Park). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($499,200 vs $475,400 in Woodland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hawthorne	Woodland Park
Population	19,472	13,284
Median age	42.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$118,093	$85,638
Median home value	$499,200	$475,400
Median gross rent	$1,828	$1,773
Housing units	8,033	5,527
Homeownership rate	68.2%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawthorne	Woodland Park
Population	18,784 → 19,472 (+3.7%)	12,547 → 13,284 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$97,692 → $118,093 (+20.9%)	$77,250 → $85,638 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$381,000 → $499,200 (+31.0%)	$365,900 → $475,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,828 (+23.1%)	$1,480 → $1,773 (+19.8%)

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

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)

	Hawthorne	Woodland Park
Under 5	3.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.5%
75 and over	7.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawthorne	Woodland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	55.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawthorne	Woodland Park
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawthorne	Woodland Park
Drove alone	81.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.8%
Public transit	2.4%	2.4%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	10.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawthorne	Woodland Park
1-unit, detached	52.5%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	30.0%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	24.4%
20 or more units	5.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hawthorne	Woodland Park
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1953	1969