Wanaque vs Woodland Park

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

Wanaque 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 11,162 in Wanaque). Wanaque has the higher median household income ($112,326 vs $85,638 in Woodland Park). Woodland Park has the higher median home value ($475,400 vs $366,400 in Wanaque).

Population, income & housing

	Wanaque	Woodland Park
Population	11,162	13,284
Median age	47.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$112,326	$85,638
Median home value	$366,400	$475,400
Median gross rent	$1,885	$1,773
Housing units	4,425	5,527
Homeownership rate	78.5%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wanaque	Woodland Park
Population	11,709 → 11,162 (-4.7%)	12,547 → 13,284 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$95,023 → $112,326 (+18.2%)	$77,250 → $85,638 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$318,000 → $366,400 (+15.2%)	$365,900 → $475,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,595 → $1,885 (+18.2%)	$1,480 → $1,773 (+19.8%)

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

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)

	Wanaque	Woodland Park
Under 5	4.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.5%
75 and over	11.5%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wanaque	Woodland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	55.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wanaque	Woodland Park
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	32.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wanaque	Woodland Park
Drove alone	79.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.8%
Public transit	1.3%	2.4%
Walked	2.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.4%
Other means	3.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wanaque	Woodland Park
1-unit, detached	60.5%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	24.4%
20 or more units	14.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wanaque	Woodland Park
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1962	1969