Preakness vs Woodland Park

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

Preakness 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.

Preakness has the higher population (18,538 vs 13,284 in Woodland Park). Preakness has the higher median household income ($133,168 vs $85,638 in Woodland Park). Preakness has the higher median home value ($603,200 vs $475,400 in Woodland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Preakness	Woodland Park
Population	18,538	13,284
Median age	41.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$133,168	$85,638
Median home value	$603,200	$475,400
Median gross rent	$1,946	$1,773
Housing units	6,906	5,527
Homeownership rate	70.0%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.4%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preakness	Woodland Park
Population	18,300 → 18,538 (+1.3%)	12,547 → 13,284 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$120,380 → $133,168 (+10.6%)	$77,250 → $85,638 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$489,900 → $603,200 (+23.1%)	$365,900 → $475,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,637 → $1,946 (+18.9%)	$1,480 → $1,773 (+19.8%)

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

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)

	Preakness	Woodland Park
Under 5	6.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.5%
75 and over	10.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preakness	Woodland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	55.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.4%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preakness	Woodland Park
No high school diploma	3.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	20.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preakness	Woodland Park
Drove alone	72.1%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.8%
Public transit	6.8%	2.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	10.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preakness	Woodland Park
1-unit, detached	55.2%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	24.4%
20 or more units	17.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Preakness	Woodland Park
Poverty rate	3.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1967	1969