Although the majority of commuting trips in the borough are by private automobile, Elmwood Park is somewhat unusual for a borough of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Elmwood Park area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Elmwood Park's cultural character, accounting for 36.45% of the borough’s population.
The most common language spoken in Elmwood Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
