Like elsewhere in America, most people in Elmwood Park use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Elmwood Park‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.
The overall education level of Elmwood Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.29% of adults in Elmwood Park have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Elmwood Park in 2022 was $36,519, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $146,076 for a family of four. However, Elmwood Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Elmwood Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Elmwood Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Elmwood Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Elmwood Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.79% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Elmwood Park include Italian, Polish, Irish, German, and Jamaican.
Elmwood Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.45%.
The most common language spoken in Elmwood Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
