Cliffside Park is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 26,183 people and six associated neighborhoods, Cliffside Park is the 70th largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in Cliffside 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 Cliffside Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.14% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One downside of living in Cliffside Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Cliffside Park, the average commute to work is 34.92 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. In addition, it is also a pedestrian-friendly borough. Many of Cliffside Park’s neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the borough are by private automobile, Cliffside 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 Cliffside Park area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Cliffside Park is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 41.97% of adults in Cliffside Park have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Cliffside Park in 2022 was $49,073, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $196,292 for a family of four. However, Cliffside Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cliffside Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Cliffside Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cliffside Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Cliffside Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 34.49% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cliffside Park include Italian, Irish, German, Croatian, and Russian.

In addition, Cliffside Park has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (46.56%).

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