Ringwood vs Wanaque

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

Ringwood and Wanaque 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 11,162 in Wanaque). Ringwood has the higher median household income ($142,529 vs $112,326 in Wanaque). Ringwood has the higher median home value ($434,800 vs $366,400 in Wanaque).

Population, income & housing

	Ringwood	Wanaque
Population	11,600	11,162
Median age	43.6 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$142,529	$112,326
Median home value	$434,800	$366,400
Median gross rent	$1,934	$1,885
Housing units	4,241	4,425
Homeownership rate	95.5%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ringwood	Wanaque
Population	12,251 → 11,600 (-5.3%)	11,709 → 11,162 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$125,476 → $142,529 (+13.6%)	$95,023 → $112,326 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$366,400 → $434,800 (+18.7%)	$318,000 → $366,400 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,776 → $1,934 (+8.9%)	$1,595 → $1,885 (+18.2%)

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

Wanaque

Population

11,70911,162

Median household income

$95,023$112,326

Median home value

$318,000$366,400

Median gross rent

$1,595$1,885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ringwood	Wanaque
Under 5	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.9%
75 and over	5.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ringwood	Wanaque
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	72.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	2.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ringwood	Wanaque
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ringwood	Wanaque
Drove alone	75.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.1%
Public transit	1.9%	1.3%
Walked	0.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	6.7%
Other means	0.4%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ringwood	Wanaque
1-unit, detached	95.8%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ringwood	Wanaque
Poverty rate	2.4%	5.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1964	1962