Ridgewood
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village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New Jersey
- County
- Bergen
- Incorporated
- November 20, 1894
- Type
- Faulkner Act Council-Manager
- Body
- Village Council
- Mayor
- Paul Vagianos (term ends December 31, 2026)
- Manager
- Keith Kazmark
- Municipal clerk
- Heather Mailander
- Total
- 5.80 sq mi (15.03 km )
- Land
- 5.74 sq mi (14.87 km )
- Water
- 0.062 sq mi (0.16 km ) 1.07%
- Rank
- 262nd of 565 in state, 8th of 70 in county
- Elevation
- 85 ft (26 m)
- Estimate 2023
- 26,194
- Density
- 4,524.4/sq mi (1,746.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−04:00 ( Eastern (EDT) )
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Ridgewood
- Population
- 25979
- Area
- 15.069096
- Elevation
- 27
- Official website
- www.ridgewoodnj.net
- Image
- Ridgewood NJ Downtown.JPG
- Households
- 8417
- Dialing code
- 201
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- Commons category
- Ridgewood, New Jersey
- postal code
- 07451
- water as percent of area
- 1.1382
- per capita income
- 84565
- date of incorporation
- 1894-11-20
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Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Ridgewood is a suburban bedroom community of New York City, located approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Midtown Manhattan. As of the 2020 United States census, the village's population was 25,979, an increase of 1,021 (+4.1%) from the 2010 census count of 24,958, which in turn reflected an increase of 22 (+0.1%) from 24,936 in the 2000 census.
It has been one of the state's highest-income communities. In 2000, its per capita income of $51,658 was ranked the 35th-highest in the state. Based on data from the 2006–2010 American Community Survey, it had a per-capita income of $67,560, 31st in the state. Based on data from the American Community Survey for 2013–2017, it had a median household income of $162,011, ranked 7th in the state among municipalities with more than 10,000 residents, more than double the statewide median of $76,475.