Paterson vs Woodland Park

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

Paterson 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.

Paterson has the higher population (157,660 vs 13,284 in Woodland Park). Woodland Park has the higher median household income ($85,638 vs $53,766 in Paterson). Woodland Park has the higher median home value ($475,400 vs $335,400 in Paterson).

Population, income & housing

	Paterson	Woodland Park
Population	157,660	13,284
Median age	33.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,766	$85,638
Median home value	$335,400	$475,400
Median gross rent	$1,457	$1,773
Housing units	52,532	5,527
Homeownership rate	26.2%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paterson	Woodland Park
Population	145,710 → 157,660 (+8.2%)	12,547 → 13,284 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$41,360 → $53,766 (+30.0%)	$77,250 → $85,638 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$244,200 → $335,400 (+37.3%)	$365,900 → $475,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,193 → $1,457 (+22.1%)	$1,480 → $1,773 (+19.8%)

Paterson

Population

145,710157,660

Median household income

$41,360$53,766

Median home value

$244,200$335,400

Median gross rent

$1,193$1,457

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)

	Paterson	Woodland Park
Under 5	8.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	10.5%
75 and over	4.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paterson	Woodland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	7.8%	55.4%
Black or African American	23.3%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	62.8%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paterson	Woodland Park
No high school diploma	23.9%	7.4%
High school graduate	43.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paterson	Woodland Park
Drove alone	62.4%	74.7%
Carpooled	17.1%	9.8%
Public transit	8.0%	2.4%
Walked	5.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	10.4%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paterson	Woodland Park
1-unit, detached	17.0%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	53.9%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	24.4%
20 or more units	13.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paterson	Woodland Park
Poverty rate	23.6%	6.1%
Average household size	3.14	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1953	1969