Cliffside Park is home to 25,781 people in New Jersey. The foreign-born share is 47%. That puts it in the top 9% of US cities for household income. There are 26,968 people per square mile. 51% of homes are owner-occupied. The typical home is worth $588,200, having more than doubled since 2000.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $93,452, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.3
US median: 38.9
More educated
42% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 39%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Cliffside Park
What changed most since 1990
White share80.5% → 41.4%(−39.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share11.3% → 34.5%(+23.1 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$519,135 → $588,200(+13%)US over the same years: +67%
Cliffside Park's population equals 2.7% of Bergen County's. Its number of veterans equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 5.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)31.9%(80)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)6.8%(17)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.3%(71)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War23.1%(58)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II4.4%(11)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 251 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Cliffside Park, decade by decade
Cliffside Park population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
20,393
$97,443
$519,135
26.4%
41.7
2000
23,007
$84,321
$421,895
32.7%
64.0
2010
23,594
$97,616
$641,459
42.5%
77.8
2020
25,693
$101,798
$550,750
46.6%
83.1
2024
25,781
$93,452
$588,200
42.0%
85.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
