What is the population of Boonton town?

Boonton town has 8,803 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #185 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Boonton town?

Median household income in Boonton town is $100,417 a year, 27.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Boonton town?

Median gross rent is $1,761 a month and the median home value is $475,300, so rent absorbs about 21% of median household income.

Is Boonton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Boonton town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Boonton, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Boonton, New Jersey (Boonton, NJ — Census place “Boonton town”) is 8,803 residents, ranking #185 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $100,417, the median home is worth $475,300 and median gross rent runs $1,761 a month. Looking for the Boonton New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Boonton, NJ: 07005.

Population: 8,803Boonton town residents
Median household income: $100,417Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $475,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,761Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.8%Owner-occupied households

Boonton ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Boonton.

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

07005

What the numbers mean in Boonton town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Boonton town median would spend about 21% 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 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.5% of residents and 56.8% of households own their home.

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

Boonton town, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Boonton town is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 8,803 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #185 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 40.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Boonton town earn a median of $100,417 a year, 27.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 7.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Boonton town is valued at $475,300, 56.7% above the national figure and 15% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,761 a month, 25.2% above the national figure, or roughly $21,132 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 56.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Boonton town?: Boonton town has 8,803 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #185 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Boonton town?: Median household income in Boonton town is $100,417 a year, 27.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Boonton town?: Median gross rent is $1,761 a month and the median home value is $475,300, so rent absorbs about 21% of median household income.
Is Boonton town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Boonton town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Boonton town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.