ZIP 07423 vs ZIP 07450

This side-by-side compares ZIP 07423 (Ho Ho Kus, NJ) and ZIP 07450 (Ridgewood, NJ) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 07423 has a population of 4,078 at 905 people per square mile, while ZIP 07450 has 24,985 at 1,676 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 07423 reports a median household income of $250,001 against $208,211 in ZIP 07450, with per-capita income of $142,575 vs $93,638. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 82.6% in 07423 and 80.1% in 07450. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 4.2%, and unemployment 1.7% vs 3.4% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $1,092,500 in 07423 versus $891,200 in 07450, with median rent of $2,857 and $2,499 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.5% vs 82.5%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.