Woodland Park is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 13,191 people and six associated neighborhoods, Woodland Park is the 143rd largest community in New Jersey.
Housing costs in Woodland 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 Woodland 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 Woodland Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.92% 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.
The education level of Woodland Park ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Woodland Park, 41.72% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Woodland Park in 2022 was $46,030, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $184,120 for a family of four. However, Woodland Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Woodland Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Woodland Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Woodland Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Woodland Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.87% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Woodland Park include Italian, German, Irish, Polish, and Sudanese.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Woodland Park's cultural character, accounting for 27.22% of the borough’s population.
The most common language spoken in Woodland Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.