New Jersey · Census place 19510
East Rutherford, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of East Rutherford, New Jersey (East Rutherford, NJ — Census place “East Rutherford borough”) is 10,154 residents, ranking #149 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $91,789, the median home is worth $453,500 and median gross rent runs $1,867 a month. Looking for the East Rutherford New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve East Rutherford, NJ: 07073.
- Population
- 10,154East Rutherford borough residents
- Median household income
- $91,789Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $453,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,867Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 35.7%Owner-occupied households
East Rutherford ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps East Rutherford.
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What the numbers mean in East Rutherford borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the East Rutherford borough median would spend about 24.4% 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 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.4% of residents and 35.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
East Rutherford borough, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
East Rutherford borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 10,154 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #149 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 36.5 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 East Rutherford borough earn a median of $91,789 a year, 16.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 14% 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 7.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in East Rutherford borough is valued at $453,500, 49.5% above the national figure and 10% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,867 a month, 32.8% above the national figure, or roughly $22,404 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.4% 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 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 35.7% 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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- Wood-Ridge borough 10,094
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of East Rutherford borough?
- East Rutherford borough has 10,154 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #149 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in East Rutherford borough?
- Median household income in East Rutherford borough is $91,789 a year, 16.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in East Rutherford borough?
- Median gross rent is $1,867 a month and the median home value is $453,500, so rent absorbs about 24.4% of median household income.
- Is East Rutherford borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so East Rutherford borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this East Rutherford 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.