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Essex Fells, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Essex Fells, New Jersey (Essex Fells, NJ — Census place “Essex Fells borough”) is 2,320 residents, ranking #429 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $250,001, the median home is worth $976,300 and median gross rent runs $3,501 a month. Looking for the Essex Fells New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Essex Fells, NJ: 07021.
- Population
- 2,320Essex Fells borough residents
- Median household income
- $250,001Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $976,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $3,501Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 96.8%Owner-occupied households
Essex Fells ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Essex Fells.
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What the numbers mean in Essex Fells borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Essex Fells borough median would spend about 16.8% 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 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 0.4% of residents and 96.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Essex Fells borough, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Essex Fells borough is a small town in New Jersey, with 2,320 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #429 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 38% of them. The median age here is 43.8 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 Essex Fells borough earn a median of $250,001 a year, 218.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 134% 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 0.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Essex Fells borough is valued at $976,300, 221.8% above the national figure and 137% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $3,501 a month, 149% above the national figure, or roughly $42,012 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% 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 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 96.8% 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.
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.
Compare with nearby places
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Essex Fells borough?
- Essex Fells borough has 2,320 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #429 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in Essex Fells borough?
- Median household income in Essex Fells borough is $250,001 a year, 218.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Essex Fells borough?
- Median gross rent is $3,501 a month and the median home value is $976,300, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
- Is Essex Fells borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Essex Fells borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Essex Fells 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.