Ridgefield Park is a somewhat small village located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 13,110 people and three associated neighborhoods, Ridgefield Park is the 146th largest community in New Jersey.
Housing costs in Ridgefield 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 Ridgefield Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.79% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
In Ridgefield Park, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Ridgefield Park is a relatively small village. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Ridgefield Park are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.21% of adults in Ridgefield Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ridgefield Park in 2022 was $42,695, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,780 for a family of four. However, Ridgefield Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ridgefield Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Ridgefield Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Ridgefield Park, accounting for 51.60% of the village’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Ridgefield Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Ridgefield Park include Italian, Irish, German, Jamaican, and Egyptian.
Ridgefield Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 37.69%.
The most common language spoken in Ridgefield Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.