
New Jersey · Census place 76400
Waldwick, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Waldwick, New Jersey (Waldwick, NJ — Census place “Waldwick borough”) is 10,090 residents, ranking #153 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $155,526, the median home is worth $576,200 and median gross rent runs $3,189 a month. Looking for the Waldwick New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Waldwick, NJ: 07463.
- Population
- 10,090Waldwick borough residents
- Median household income
- $155,526Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $576,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $3,189Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 87.9%Owner-occupied households
Waldwick ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Waldwick.
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What the numbers mean in Waldwick borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Waldwick borough median would spend about 24.6% 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 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.2% of residents and 87.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Waldwick borough, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Waldwick borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 10,090 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #153 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 39.5 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 Waldwick borough earn a median of $155,526 a year, 98% above the national figure of $78,538 and 45% 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 2.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Waldwick borough is valued at $576,200, 89.9% above the national figure and 40% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $3,189 a month, 126.8% above the national figure, or roughly $38,268 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 87.9% 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. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.
- Hillsdale borough 10,086
- Wood-Ridge borough 10,094
- Brookdale CDP 10,044
- Budd Lake CDP 10,106
- Maywood borough 10,042
- Hackettstown town 10,143
- White Horse CDP 10,040
- East Rutherford borough 10,154
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Waldwick borough?
- Waldwick borough has 10,090 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #153 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in Waldwick borough?
- Median household income in Waldwick borough is $155,526 a year, 98% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waldwick borough?
- Median gross rent is $3,189 a month and the median home value is $576,200, so rent absorbs about 24.6% of median household income.
- Is Waldwick borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waldwick borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Waldwick borough 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.