What is the population of Elmer borough?

Elmer borough has 1,152 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #538 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Elmer borough?

Median household income in Elmer borough is $92,757 a year, 18.1% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,627 a month and the median home value is $206,300, so rent absorbs about 21% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elmer borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Elmer, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Elmer, New Jersey (Elmer, NJ — Census place “Elmer borough”) is 1,152 residents, ranking #538 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $92,757, the median home is worth $206,300 and median gross rent runs $1,627 a month. Looking for the Elmer New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Elmer, NJ: 08318.

Population: 1,152Elmer borough residents
Median household income: $92,757Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $206,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,627Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.2%Owner-occupied households

Elmer ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Elmer.

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

08318

What the numbers mean in Elmer borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Elmer borough median would spend about 21% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5% of residents and 64.2% of households own their home.

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

Elmer borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Elmer borough is a small town in New Jersey, with 1,152 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #538 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 23% of them. The median age here is 39.4 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 Elmer borough earn a median of $92,757 a year, 18.1% above the national figure of $78,538 and 13% below the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Elmer borough is valued at $206,300, 32% below the national figure and 50% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,627 a month, 15.7% above the national figure, or roughly $19,524 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21% 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 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 64.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Elmer borough?: Elmer borough has 1,152 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #538 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Elmer borough?: Median household income in Elmer borough is $92,757 a year, 18.1% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Elmer borough?: Median gross rent is $1,627 a month and the median home value is $206,300, so rent absorbs about 21% of median household income.
Is Elmer borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Elmer borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Elmer borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. 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.