Demographics of Waldwick borough, New Jersey

Waldwick borough, New Jersey had 10,252 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +167 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Waldwick borough, in four figures

10,252
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 10,164 ±34.; +1.7%
Change since July 2020: +167 people.; 40.5 ±3.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $177,962 ±$23,550
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Waldwick borough, New Jersey's population grew 1.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Waldwick borough, New Jersey's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Waldwick borough, New Jersey's population grew 1.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Waldwick borough, New Jersey's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	10,085	100.0	100.0
2021	10,089	100.0	100.2
2022	10,079	99.9	100.7
2023	10,173	100.9	101.6
2024	10,253	101.7	102.5
2025	10,252	101.7	103.1

Population of Waldwick borough, New Jersey on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,085	—
2021	10,089	+4
2022	10,079	−10
2023	10,173	+94
2024	10,253	+80
2025	10,252	−1

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.5 ±3.0: for men 40.1 ±4.0 and for women 41.0 ±4.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Waldwick borough by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New Jersey	United States
Under 5	649 ±188	6.4% ±1.9	5.6% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,867 ±491	18.4% ±4.8	16.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	569 ±200	5.6% ±2.0	8.4% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,773 ±448	27.3% ±4.4	26.2% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,612 ±352	25.7% ±3.5	26.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,694 ±272	16.7% ±2.7	17.2% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $177,962 ±$23,550, and income per person $66,817 ±$6,394, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,556 ±$513 in New Jersey and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Waldwick borough by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New Jersey	United States
Under $25,000	53 to 161	1.6% to 4.7%	11.6% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	209 ±93	6.1% ±2.7	12.8% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	251 ±88	7.3% ±2.5	12.8% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	379 ±135	11.0% ±3.9	11.3% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	512 ±157	14.9% ±4.5	18.1% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	525 ±189	15.3% ±5.4	11.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,450 ±218	42.2% ±5.6	21.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Waldwick borough by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New Jersey	United States
All ages	32 to 262	0.3% to 2.6%	9.7% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	0 to 58	0% to 2.3%	13.0% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	0 to 139	0% to 2.6%	8.6% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	21 to 99	0.9% to 4.1%	9.3% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Waldwick borough, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Waldwick borough	New Jersey	United States
Housing units	3,490 ±249	3,791,354 ±469	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	98.4% ±9.8	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	0% to 3.7%	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	87.9% ±4.4	63.8% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	12.1% ±3.6	36.2% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$588,500 ±$14,624	$454,400 ±$1,150	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$3,446 ±$451	$1,720 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1956 ±2	1970 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Waldwick borough by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New Jersey	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,679 ±557	16.5% ±5.5	22.5% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	7,589 ±711	74.7% ±7.0	50.9% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 204	0% to 2.0%	12.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	329 to 1,077	3.2% to 10.6%	10.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.2%	0.8% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	30 to 174	0.3% to 1.7%	3.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Waldwick borough by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New Jersey	United States
Born in the state	5,726 ±458	56.3% ±4.5	50.8% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,783 ±392	27.4% ±3.9	22.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	32 to 216	0.3% to 2.1%	2.6% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,531 ±486	15.1% ±4.8	23.9% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	887 ±236	8.7% ±2.3	13.5% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	216 to 1,072	2.1% to 10.5%	10.5% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Waldwick borough among the places of New Jersey

152nd of 295 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the New Jersey page.

Places of New Jersey near Waldwick borough in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
White Horse CDP	10,507 ±1,309
East Rutherford borough	10,313 ±29
Blackwells Mills CDP	10,301 ±972
Lake Hopatcong CDP	10,259 ±684
Wood-Ridge borough	10,218 ±23
Waldwick borough	10,164 ±34
Hillsdale borough	10,144 ±24
Hackettstown town	10,140 ±30
Maywood borough	10,093 ±27
Woodbury city	10,042 ±25
Kinnelon borough	10,013 ±49

Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Places by median rent
No. 1 Places in New Jersey by median rent
No. 9 Places in New Jersey by median household income
No. 16 Places in New Jersey by homeownership rate
No. 37 Places in New Jersey by per capita income
No. 42 Places in New Jersey by median age

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026