New Jersey · Census place 3482570

Wood-Ridge, New Jersey

Wood-Ridge is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey with an estimated 10,397 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 108th largest of 294 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,397
#108 of 294 in New Jersey
Change since 2020
+2.8%
+286 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
9,367 / sq mi
State median 4,474
Orange pin: Wood-Ridge. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Trenton.

Wood-Ridge population, 2020 to 2024

Wood-Ridge added 286 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +109. Among 194 New Jersey places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 52nd; the median place changed by +1.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in New Jersey has 11,231 people, so Wood-Ridge is 93% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,137. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wood-Ridge covers 1.11 square miles of land, for 9,367 people per square mile of land. The median New Jersey place of 5,000+ has 4,474, so Wood-Ridge is denser than the typical town.

What county Wood-Ridge is in

All of Wood-Ridge's residents live in Bergen County, which had 978,641 residents in 2024. Wood-Ridge holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wood-Ridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wood-Ridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 07075. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Wood-Ridge is

The Census internal point of Wood-Ridge is at 40.850200, -74.087100. Trenton, the capital, is 55.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wallington, NJ (12,060 people), 1.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Paterson, NJ, 6.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.850200, -74.087100
DMS
40°51'0.72"N 74°05'13.56"W
UTM
18N 576950.3E 4522529.0N
Geohash
dr726he3t
Plus code
87G7VW27+35

Daylight in Wood-Ridge

At 40.85° N, Wood-Ridge gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wood-Ridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New Jersey, measured between internal points. The closest is Wallington, 1.0 miles away, with 12,060 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wood-Ridge, NJ?

10,397 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 286 (2.8%) from 10,111 in July 2020.

What county is Wood-Ridge in?

Bergen County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Wood-Ridge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 07075.

How far is Wood-Ridge from Trenton?

55.9 miles (89.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Wood-Ridge.

What is the nearest larger city to Wood-Ridge?

Wallington, NJ, with 12,060 residents, 1.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.