What is the population of Brookdale CDP?

Brookdale CDP has 10,044 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #155 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Brookdale CDP?

Median household income in Brookdale CDP is $150,489 a year, 91.6% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brookdale CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,698 a month and the median home value is $527,200, so rent absorbs about 13.5% of median household income.

Is Brookdale CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brookdale CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Brookdale, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Brookdale, New Jersey (Brookdale, NJ — Census place “Brookdale CDP”) is 10,044 residents, ranking #155 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $150,489, the median home is worth $527,200 and median gross rent runs $1,698 a month. Looking for the Brookdale New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Brookdale, NJ: 07003.

Population: 10,044Brookdale CDP residents
Median household income: $150,489Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $527,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,698Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 88.1%Owner-occupied households

Brookdale ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Brookdale.

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

07003

What the numbers mean in Brookdale CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Brookdale CDP median would spend about 13.5% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 2.8% of residents and 88.1% of households own their home.

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

Brookdale CDP, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Brookdale CDP is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 10,044 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #155 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 77% of them. The median age here is 38.1 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 Brookdale CDP earn a median of $150,489 a year, 91.6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 41% above the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 2.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Brookdale CDP is valued at $527,200, 73.8% above the national figure and 28% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,698 a month, 20.8% above the national figure, or roughly $20,376 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.5% 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 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 88.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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 Brookdale CDP?: Brookdale CDP has 10,044 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #155 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Brookdale CDP?: Median household income in Brookdale CDP is $150,489 a year, 91.6% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Brookdale CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,698 a month and the median home value is $527,200, so rent absorbs about 13.5% of median household income.
Is Brookdale CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Brookdale CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Brookdale CDP 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.