Ridgewood is a village in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Ridgewood is a suburban bedroom community of New York City, located approximately 20 miles northwest of Midtown Manhattan. As of the 2020 United States census, the village's population was 25,979, an increase of 1,021 from the 2010 census count of 24,958, which in turn reflected an increase of 22 from 24,936 in the 2000 census. It has been one of the state's highest-income communities.