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Population (year 2000): 7,644. Estimated
population in July 2005: 7,634 (-0.1% change)
Males: 3,632 (47.5%), Females: 4,012 (52.5%)
Bergen County
Median resident age: 40.3 years
Median household income: $60,949 (year 2000)
Median house value: $196,800 (year 2000)
Races in Wood-Ridge:
- White Non-Hispanic (85.8%)
- Hispanic (7.3%)
- Asian Indian (1.9%)
- Other race (1.8%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
- Korean (0.9%)
- Black (0.8%)
- Filipino (0.8%)
- Chinese (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Italian (40.3%), Irish (24.8%),
German (16.5%), Polish (9.4%), English (4.9%), Scottish (1.7%).
Elevation: 170 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wood-Ridge
- High school or higher: 84.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
- Unemployed: 3.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wood-Ridge borough
- Never married: 22.9%
- Now married: 61.4%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 8.2%
- Divorced: 6.1%
15.2% Foreign born (6.7% Europe, 5.4% Asia, 3.0%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +49 (+0.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wood-Ridge:
- BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; PASSAIC, NJ)
- GENERAL HOSPITAL CENTER AT PASSAIC (about 3 miles;
PASSAIC, NJ)
- ST MARYS HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; PASSAIC, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wood-Ridge:
- TETERBORO (about 3 miles; TETERBORO, NJ; ID: TEB)
- PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 12 miles;
NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
- NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 13 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID:
EWR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wood-Ridge:
- LITTLE FERRY (about 5 miles; LITTLE FERRY, NJ; ID:
2N7)
- NEWARK NR 1 (about 9 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: 3N4)
- WEST 30TH ST. (about 10 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID:
JRA)
Amtrak stations near Wood-Ridge:
- 10 miles: NEW YORK (PENN STA) (NEW YORK, 7TH AVE. &
W. 32ND ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, full-service food facilities, snack
bar, vending machines, ATM, paid short-term parking,
paid long-term parking, call for car rental service,
taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 10 miles: NEWARK (RAYMOND PLAZA WEST). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack
bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term
parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand,
intercity bus service, public transit connection.
- 13 miles: NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (NEWARK, ).
Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wood-Ridge:
- FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY-ALL CAMPUSES (about 7
miles; TEANECK, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 6,482)
- BERGEN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; PARAMUS,
NJ; FT enrollment: 7,733)
- PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 8 miles;
PATERSON, NJ; FT enrollment: 2,452)
- MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; UPPER
MONTCLAIR, NJ; FT enrollment: 10,226)
- HUDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 8 miles;
JERSEY CITY, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,630)
- SAINT PETERS COLLEGE (about 8 miles; JERSEY CITY,
NJ; FT enrollment: 2,643)
- STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 9 miles;
HOBOKEN, NJ; FT enrollment: 2,793)
Public high school in Wood-Ridge:
- WOOD RIDGE HIGH (Students: 367; Location: 258
HACKENSACK ST; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Wood-Ridge:
- CATHERINE E DOYLE (Students: 364; Location:
250 WOOD-RIDGE AVE; Grades: KG - 04)
- GRETA OSTROVSKY MIDDLE (Students: 308;
Location: 540 WINDSOR RD; Grades: 05 - 08)
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