New Jersey · Census place 63000
Ridgewood, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Ridgewood, New Jersey (Ridgewood, NJ — Census place “Ridgewood village”) is 26,076 residents, ranking #39 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $217,250, the median home is worth $882,700 and median gross rent runs $2,340 a month. Looking for the Ridgewood New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ridgewood, NJ: 07450.
- Population
- 26,076Ridgewood village residents
- Median household income
- $217,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $882,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,340Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 83.9%Owner-occupied households
Ridgewood ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ridgewood.
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What the numbers mean in Ridgewood village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Ridgewood village median would spend about 12.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.7% of residents and 83.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Ridgewood village, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Ridgewood village is a small city in New Jersey, with 26,076 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #39 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 41.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Ridgewood village earn a median of $217,250 a year, 176.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 103% above the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 3.7% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Ridgewood village is valued at $882,700, 190.9% above the national figure and 114% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,340 a month, 66.4% above the national figure, or roughly $28,080 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 83.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in New Jersey.
- Lodi borough 25,946
- Paramus borough 26,500
- Cliffside Park borough 25,580
- Bridgeton city 26,836
- Carteret borough 25,187
- Millville city 27,432
- South Plainfield borough 24,231
- Old Bridge CDP 28,015
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Ridgewood village?
- Ridgewood village has 26,076 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #39 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in Ridgewood village?
- Median household income in Ridgewood village is $217,250 a year, 176.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ridgewood village?
- Median gross rent is $2,340 a month and the median home value is $882,700, so rent absorbs about 12.9% of median household income.
- Is Ridgewood village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ridgewood village is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Ridgewood village data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.