Passaic vs Woodland Park

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

Passaic 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.

Passaic has the higher population (69,651 vs 13,284 in Woodland Park). Woodland Park has the higher median household income ($85,638 vs $56,780 in Passaic). Woodland Park has the higher median home value ($475,400 vs $406,500 in Passaic).

Population, income & housing

	Passaic	Woodland Park
Population	69,651	13,284
Median age	30.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,780	$85,638
Median home value	$406,500	$475,400
Median gross rent	$1,392	$1,773
Housing units	21,019	5,527
Homeownership rate	23.5%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Passaic	Woodland Park
Population	70,019 → 69,651 (-0.5%)	12,547 → 13,284 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$40,865 → $56,780 (+38.9%)	$77,250 → $85,638 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$332,700 → $406,500 (+22.2%)	$365,900 → $475,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,392 (+17.7%)	$1,480 → $1,773 (+19.8%)

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

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)

	Passaic	Woodland Park
Under 5	7.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	13.8%
18 to 24	11.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.9%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.5%
75 and over	3.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Passaic	Woodland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	14.6%	55.4%
Black or African American	6.3%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	73.0%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Passaic	Woodland Park
No high school diploma	33.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	13.4%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Passaic	Woodland Park
Drove alone	48.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	16.5%	9.8%
Public transit	13.0%	2.4%
Walked	11.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	10.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Passaic	Woodland Park
1-unit, detached	15.0%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	36.0%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	27.6%	24.4%
20 or more units	16.8%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Passaic	Woodland Park
Poverty rate	23.0%	6.1%
Average household size	3.39	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1938	1969