Cliffside Park is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 25,560 people and six associated neighborhoods, Cliffside Park is the 70th largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in Cliffside Park are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Cliffside Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Cliffside Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 14.97% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Cliffside Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cliffside Park, the average commute to work is 35.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly borough. Many of Cliffside Park’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Cliffside Park use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Cliffside Park‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

The citizens of Cliffside Park are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.31% of adults in Cliffside Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cliffside Park in 2022 was $49,434, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $197,736 for a family of four. However, Cliffside Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cliffside Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Cliffside Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cliffside Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Cliffside Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.19% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cliffside Park include Italian, Irish, Russian, Brazilian, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Cliffside Park's cultural character, accounting for 46.45% of the borough’s population.

The most common language spoken in Cliffside Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.