What is the population of Highland Park borough?

Highland Park borough has 14,981 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #80 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Highland Park borough?

Median household income in Highland Park borough is $101,991 a year, 29.9% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,881 a month and the median home value is $463,600, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.

Is Highland Park borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Highland Park borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Highland Park, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Highland Park, New Jersey (Highland Park, NJ — Census place “Highland Park borough”) is 14,981 residents, ranking #80 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $101,991, the median home is worth $463,600 and median gross rent runs $1,881 a month. Looking for the Highland Park New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Highland Park, NJ: 08904.

Population: 14,981Highland Park borough residents
Median household income: $101,991Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $463,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,881Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 38.9%Owner-occupied households

Highland Park ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Highland Park.

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

08904

What the numbers mean in Highland Park borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Highland Park borough median would spend about 22.1% 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 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.2% of residents and 38.9% of households own their home.

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

Highland Park borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Highland Park borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 14,981 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #80 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 34.6 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 Highland Park borough earn a median of $101,991 a year, 29.9% above the national figure of $78,538 and 5% below the $106,926 median for the 543 New Jersey cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 9.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Highland Park borough is valued at $463,600, 52.8% above the national figure and 12% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,881 a month, 33.8% above the national figure, or roughly $22,572 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.1% 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 4.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 38.9% 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.

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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Highland Park borough?: Highland Park borough has 14,981 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #80 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Highland Park borough?: Median household income in Highland Park borough is $101,991 a year, 29.9% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Highland Park borough?: Median gross rent is $1,881 a month and the median home value is $463,600, so rent absorbs about 22.1% of median household income.
Is Highland Park borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Highland Park borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Highland Park 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.