What is the population of Bound Brook borough?

Bound Brook borough has 12,023 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #116 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Bound Brook borough?

Median household income in Bound Brook borough is $80,876 a year, 3% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,842 a month and the median home value is $362,900, so rent absorbs about 27.3% of median household income.

Is Bound Brook borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bound Brook borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bound Brook, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bound Brook, New Jersey (Bound Brook, NJ — Census place “Bound Brook borough”) is 12,023 residents, ranking #116 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $80,876, the median home is worth $362,900 and median gross rent runs $1,842 a month. Looking for the Bound Brook New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bound Brook, NJ: 08805.

Population: 12,023Bound Brook borough residents
Median household income: $80,876Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $362,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,842Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 41.8%Owner-occupied households

Bound Brook ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bound Brook.

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

08805

What the numbers mean in Bound Brook borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bound Brook borough median would spend about 27.3% 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 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.6% of residents and 41.8% of households own their home.

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

Bound Brook borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bound Brook borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 12,023 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #116 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 83% of them. The median age here is 35.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Bound Brook borough earn a median of $80,876 a year, 3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 10.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bound Brook borough is valued at $362,900, 19.6% above the national figure and 12% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,842 a month, 31% above the national figure, or roughly $22,104 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.3% 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 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 41.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Bound Brook borough?: Bound Brook borough has 12,023 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #116 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Bound Brook borough?: Median household income in Bound Brook borough is $80,876 a year, 3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bound Brook borough?: Median gross rent is $1,842 a month and the median home value is $362,900, so rent absorbs about 27.3% of median household income.
Is Bound Brook borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bound Brook borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bound Brook borough 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.