Preakness vs Ringwood

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

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

Preakness has the higher population (18,538 vs 11,600 in Ringwood). Ringwood has the higher median household income ($142,529 vs $133,168 in Preakness). Preakness has the higher median home value ($603,200 vs $434,800 in Ringwood).

Population, income & housing

	Preakness	Ringwood
Population	18,538	11,600
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$133,168	$142,529
Median home value	$603,200	$434,800
Median gross rent	$1,946	$1,934
Housing units	6,906	4,241
Homeownership rate	70.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preakness	Ringwood
Population	18,300 → 18,538 (+1.3%)	12,251 → 11,600 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$120,380 → $133,168 (+10.6%)	$125,476 → $142,529 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$489,900 → $603,200 (+23.1%)	$366,400 → $434,800 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,637 → $1,946 (+18.9%)	$1,776 → $1,934 (+8.9%)

Preakness

Population

18,30018,538

Median household income

$120,380$133,168

Median home value

$489,900$603,200

Median gross rent

$1,637$1,946

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)

	Preakness	Ringwood
Under 5	6.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.9%
75 and over	10.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preakness	Ringwood
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	81.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	11.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preakness	Ringwood
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	20.5%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preakness	Ringwood
Drove alone	72.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	6.1%
Public transit	6.8%	1.9%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.4%	15.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preakness	Ringwood
1-unit, detached	55.2%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Preakness	Ringwood
Poverty rate	3.7%	2.4%
Average household size	2.71	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	31	34
Median year structure built	1967	1964