Elmwood Park is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 21,256 people and four associated neighborhoods, Elmwood Park is the 93rd largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in Elmwood Park are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Elmwood Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Elmwood Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.77% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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 education level of Elmwood Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.73% of adults in Elmwood Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Elmwood Park in 2022 was $40,732, 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 $162,928 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 29.72% 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: 35.59%.

The most common language spoken in Elmwood Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.