Ringwood vs Totowa

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

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

Ringwood has the higher population (11,600 vs 10,919 in Totowa). Ringwood has the higher median household income ($142,529 vs $114,177 in Totowa). Totowa has the higher median home value ($507,700 vs $434,800 in Ringwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ringwood	Totowa
Population	11,600	10,919
Median age	43.6 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$142,529	$114,177
Median home value	$434,800	$507,700
Median gross rent	$1,934	$1,703
Housing units	4,241	4,002
Homeownership rate	95.5%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ringwood	Totowa
Population	12,251 → 11,600 (-5.3%)	10,828 → 10,919 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$125,476 → $142,529 (+13.6%)	$105,637 → $114,177 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$366,400 → $434,800 (+18.7%)	$371,200 → $507,700 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,776 → $1,934 (+8.9%)	$1,569 → $1,703 (+8.5%)

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

Totowa

Population

10,82810,919

Median household income

$105,637$114,177

Median home value

$371,200$507,700

Median gross rent

$1,569$1,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ringwood	Totowa
Under 5	4.2%	2.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.3%
75 and over	5.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ringwood	Totowa
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	63.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ringwood	Totowa
No high school diploma	3.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ringwood	Totowa
Drove alone	75.7%	72.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.7%
Public transit	1.9%	2.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	14.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ringwood	Totowa
1-unit, detached	95.8%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ringwood	Totowa
Poverty rate	2.4%	3.8%
Average household size	2.77	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1964	1958