Cranford, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Cranford CDP is a small town in New Jersey, with 1,783 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #480 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 31% of them. The median age here is 43.6 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 Cranford CDP earn a median of $82,222 a year, 4.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 23% 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 3.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cranford CDP is valued at $550,000, 81.3% above the national figure and 33% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,312 a month, 64.4% above the national figure, or roughly $27,744 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 33.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 6.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is out of reach on local earnings alone and the ownership market leans on outside income, equity or dual high earners. 34.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. 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.

Home values sit at 6.7× median household income, far past the 3.9× national mark, so ownership costs here are set by something other than local wages — second homes, retirees with equity, or commuters earning elsewhere.

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.