Ringwood vs Woodland Park

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

Ringwood 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.

Woodland Park has the higher population (13,284 vs 11,600 in Ringwood). Ringwood has the higher median household income ($142,529 vs $85,638 in Woodland Park). Woodland Park has the higher median home value ($475,400 vs $434,800 in Ringwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ringwood	Woodland Park
Population	11,600	13,284
Median age	43.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$142,529	$85,638
Median home value	$434,800	$475,400
Median gross rent	$1,934	$1,773
Housing units	4,241	5,527
Homeownership rate	95.5%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ringwood	Woodland Park
Population	12,251 → 11,600 (-5.3%)	12,547 → 13,284 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$125,476 → $142,529 (+13.6%)	$77,250 → $85,638 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$366,400 → $434,800 (+18.7%)	$365,900 → $475,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,776 → $1,934 (+8.9%)	$1,480 → $1,773 (+19.8%)

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

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)

	Ringwood	Woodland Park
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.5%
75 and over	5.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ringwood	Woodland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	55.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ringwood	Woodland Park
No high school diploma	3.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ringwood	Woodland Park
Drove alone	75.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.8%
Public transit	1.9%	2.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ringwood	Woodland Park
1-unit, detached	95.8%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	24.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ringwood	Woodland Park
Poverty rate	2.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1964	1969