Woodland ParkNJ
A town of 13,623, settled in 1914.
What should you know before moving to Woodland Park?
Woodland Park's standout: it has 10 miles of trail. Overall it grades B−, ranked 264th of 466 in New Jersey. The median household earns $99K and it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 87% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $651K, 6.6 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. Woodland Park’s trail density is 3.4 miles per square mile, above both New Jersey’s towns (0.7) and U.S. towns (0.4). On history, just 18 of New Jersey’s 530 towns do worse. Woodland Park is home to Berkeley College-Woodland Park.
What makes Woodland Park stand out
Where Woodland Park beats most towns.
11 miles of trails in Woodland Park
10.9% of the town is conserved land, across 8 parks and preserves.
How Woodland Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Woodland Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
MetLife Stadium and 541 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodland Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw14 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw14 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw14 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaYankee StadiumPhoto credits
MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Yankee Stadium: Matt Boulton, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Woodland Park: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woodland Park, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Woodland Park.
Woodland Park trades workers with New York City and other neighbors, is safe by national standards but not by New Jersey’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in New Jersey.
10.9% of Woodland Park is conserved land
11 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Rifle Camp Park, at 277 acres with 5.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rifle Camp Park | 5.1 mi | 277 |
| 2. Garret Mountain Reservation | 4.3 mi | 203 |
| 3. Frank D. Zaccaria Memorial Park | 0.2 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Woodland Park’s public schools trail 57% of New Jersey districts
Its public schools are run by the Woodland Park School District. One of its 5 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| John P. Holland Charter SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 787 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
On CDC estimates, Woodland Park is healthier than 75% of U.S. towns
Within New Jersey it is less healthy than 67% of the 468 graded towns: New Jersey sets a high bar.
Woodland Park beats the New Jersey average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 13% of Woodland Park adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance, above both the New Jersey town median (8.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (8.1%). 16% of Woodland Park adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Woodland Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 8.4% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 32% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Woodland Park | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.6% | 9.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Woodland Park
Woodland Park has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Less crime per resident in Woodland Park than in 65% of U.S. towns
At 12.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 52% of New Jersey’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 183 to 113 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Woodland Park’s violent crime rate is 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Woodland Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.4 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents commute out of Woodland Park
Woodland Park has about as many jobs (5,676) as working residents, but only 352 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 22.8 minutes, against 30.5 across New Jersey.
Most working residents leave Woodland Park for work: only 6% work in town. The average trip to work in Woodland Park is 23 minutes. Jobs based in Woodland Park grew to 5,676 in 2023, 645 more than in 2013.
| Woodland Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 17% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Woodland Park earns a D for cost of living
63% of households own their home in Woodland Park. The typical Woodland Park home is worth about $651,000, up 4.4% in a year, 13% above the New Jersey typical home.
| Woodland Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 63% | 77% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,839 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Woodland Park
572 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 115 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 59% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 572 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Woodland Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like New Jersey’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New Jersey average. 42% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 44% across New Jersey.
| Woodland Park | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.7 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women.
| Woodland Park | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.8% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.1% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.2% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.9% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.3% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.8% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.9% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.5% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.3% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.5% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.1% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.6% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Everything we know about Woodland Park
Colleges nearby
68 within 15 miles of the center of Woodland Park
About 6 of every 100 Woodland Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Woodland Park has grown 15% since 2010
11,819 counted in 2010 and 13,484 in 2020; an estimated 13,623 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 14.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Woodland Park
Borough in Passaic County, New Jersey, US
Woodland Park (formerly West Paterson) is a borough in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. At the 2020 United States census, the population was 13,484. What is now Woodland Park was formed as a borough, under the name West Paterson, by an act of the New Jersey Legislature in 1914, from portions of the township of Little Falls. In 2008, the citizens of West Paterson voted to change the official name of the borough from West Paterson to Woodland Park.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1914
- Area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 348 ft
Woodland Park’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Woodland Park.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park | #264 | B− | D | B+ | C+ | B+ |
| Clifton | #341 | C+ | D | — | C− | B+ |
| Totowa | #278 | B− | D− | — | C+ | A− |
| Little Falls Township | #155 | A− | D | A− | B+ | A |
| Great Notch | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paterson | #460 | D− | C− | D | D | D |
Clifton and Totowa report no FBI crime data of their own. Great Notch isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Woodland Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Woodland Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Woodland Park, NJ a good place to live?
Woodland Park grades B− overall, better than 55% of U.S. towns and #264 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades B+ for health, B+ for safety and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Woodland Park, NJ expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
What is Woodland Park, NJ known for?
2 notable people were born here, including Darius Hamilton and Art Argenio.