There are 20 independent living communities serving Ridgewood, New Jersey. This includes 2 communities in Ridgewood and 18 nearby. Independent living costs in New Jersey range from about $37 to $171 per day, with a mean expenditure running about $100. The monthly cost averages about $2,986 and ranges between $1,104 and $5,115. On a yearly basis, the median cost is around $35,838, which is higher than the national average of $23,100.
Independent living costs in Ridgewood range from $1,804 per month to $5,528 per month, with an average cost of about $3,823 per month. That equates to an annual cost of $45,870.
Ridgewood is a small city in Bergen County within the State of New Jersey. It is included in the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island metropolitan statistical area. While the encompassing metropolitan area contains 5,372,907 inhabitants, there are 24,985 living within the city itself. Approximately 25% of the residents are 55 and over.
Ridgewood has an above average SeniorScore™ of 76. The city has a median per capita income of $69,000. The median household income is $154,000 vs an average of $84,000 for the whole of New Jersey. The current unemployment rate is approximately 4.95% and the median home price is $520,500, which is lower than the New Jersey average of $547,500.
Ridgewood has medium average temperatures, with medium winters and mildly warm summers. The area gets very high amounts of rain annually. Ridgewood has very poor air quality ratings, average water quality ratings, and a very low rate of crime in relation to other cities in the United States.