What is the population of Closter borough?

Closter borough has 8,544 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #192 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Closter borough?

Median household income in Closter borough is $187,500 a year, 138.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $2,651 a month and the median home value is $820,100, so rent absorbs about 17% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Closter borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Closter, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Closter, New Jersey (Closter, NJ — Census place “Closter borough”) is 8,544 residents, ranking #192 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $187,500, the median home is worth $820,100 and median gross rent runs $2,651 a month. Looking for the Closter New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Closter, NJ: 07624.

Population: 8,544Closter borough residents
Median household income: $187,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $820,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $2,651Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 82%Owner-occupied households

Closter ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Closter.

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

07624

What the numbers mean in Closter borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Closter borough median would spend about 17% 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 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.2% of residents and 82% of households own their home.

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

Closter borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Closter borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 8,544 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #192 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 72% of them. The median age here is 40.3 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 Closter borough earn a median of $187,500 a year, 138.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 75% 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 7.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Closter borough is valued at $820,100, 170.3% above the national figure and 99% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,651 a month, 88.5% above the national figure, or roughly $31,812 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17% 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 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 82% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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 Closter borough?: Closter borough has 8,544 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #192 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Closter borough?: Median household income in Closter borough is $187,500 a year, 138.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Closter borough?: Median gross rent is $2,651 a month and the median home value is $820,100, so rent absorbs about 17% of median household income.
Is Closter borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Closter borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Closter 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.