Passaic vs Ringwood

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

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

Passaic has the higher population (69,651 vs 11,600 in Ringwood). Ringwood has the higher median household income ($142,529 vs $56,780 in Passaic). Ringwood has the higher median home value ($434,800 vs $406,500 in Passaic).

Population, income & housing

	Passaic	Ringwood
Population	69,651	11,600
Median age	30.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,780	$142,529
Median home value	$406,500	$434,800
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,934
Housing units	21,019	4,241
Homeownership rate	23.5%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Passaic	Ringwood
Population	70,019 → 69,651 (-0.5%)	12,251 → 11,600 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$40,865 → $56,780 (+38.9%)	$125,476 → $142,529 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$332,700 → $406,500 (+22.2%)	$366,400 → $434,800 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,392 (+17.7%)	$1,776 → $1,934 (+8.9%)

Passaic

Population

70,01969,651

Median household income

$40,865$56,780

Median home value

$332,700$406,500

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,392

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)

	Passaic	Ringwood
Under 5	7.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	11.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	5.6%	12.9%
75 and over	3.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Passaic	Ringwood
White (non-Hispanic)	14.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	6.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	4.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	73.0%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Passaic	Ringwood
No high school diploma	33.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	36.3%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Passaic	Ringwood
Drove alone	48.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	16.5%	6.1%
Public transit	13.0%	1.9%
Walked	11.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.2%	15.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Passaic	Ringwood
1-unit, detached	15.0%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	36.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	27.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	16.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Passaic	Ringwood
Poverty rate	23.0%	2.4%
Average household size	3.39	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1938	1964