Cliffside Park is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 25,570 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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.58% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.38 minutes every day commuting to work. It is, however, a pedestrian-friendly borough. Many of its neighborhoods are dense enough and have amenities close enough together that people find it feasible to get around on foot. In addition, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

For the size of the borough, public transportation in Cliffside Park is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Cliffside Park, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The citizens of Cliffside Park are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.41% of adults in Cliffside Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cliffside Park in 2022 was $51,220, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $204,880 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 32.42% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cliffside Park include Italian, Irish, Russian, German, and Croatian.

Cliffside Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 45.68%.

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