What is the population of Alpha borough?

Alpha borough has 2,249 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #439 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Alpha borough?

Median household income in Alpha borough is $83,125 a year, 5.8% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alpha borough?

Median gross rent is $1,234 a month and the median home value is $250,400, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.

Is Alpha borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alpha borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Alpha, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Alpha, New Jersey (Alpha, NJ — Census place “Alpha borough”) is 2,249 residents, ranking #439 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $83,125, the median home is worth $250,400 and median gross rent runs $1,234 a month. Looking for the Alpha New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Alpha, NJ: 08865.

Population: 2,249Alpha borough residents
Median household income: $83,125Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $250,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,234Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.8%Owner-occupied households

Alpha ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Alpha.

The Alpha NJ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

08865

What the numbers mean in Alpha borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Alpha borough median would spend about 17.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7% of residents and 72.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Alpha borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Alpha borough is a small town in New Jersey, with 2,249 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #439 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 37% of them. The median age here is 43.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Alpha borough earn a median of $83,125 a year, 5.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Alpha borough is valued at $250,400, 17.5% below the national figure and 39% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,234 a month, 12.2% below the national figure, or roughly $14,808 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 72.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Alpha borough?: Alpha borough has 2,249 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #439 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Alpha borough?: Median household income in Alpha borough is $83,125 a year, 5.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Alpha borough?: Median gross rent is $1,234 a month and the median home value is $250,400, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.
Is Alpha borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Alpha borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Alpha borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.