New Jersey · Census place 36510
Kearny, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Kearny, New Jersey (Kearny, NJ — Census place “Kearny town”) is 40,570 residents, ranking #24 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $83,212, the median home is worth $431,700 and median gross rent runs $1,649 a month. Looking for the Kearny New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kearny, NJ: 07032.
- Population
- 40,570Kearny town residents
- Median household income
- $83,212Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $431,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,649Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 45.4%Owner-occupied households
Kearny ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kearny.
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What the numbers mean in Kearny town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Kearny town median would spend about 23.8% 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 5.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.5% of residents and 45.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Kearny town, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Kearny town is a small city in New Jersey, with 40,570 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #24 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 39.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Kearny town earn a median of $83,212 a year, 6% above the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below 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 12.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Kearny town is valued at $431,700, 42.3% above the national figure and 5% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,649 a month, 17.3% above the national figure, or roughly $19,788 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.8% 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 5.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 45.4% 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.
Median income runs above the national figure while poverty also runs above it — a split distribution, not a uniformly comfortable place. Averages hide that; the two numbers together do not.
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
Places of similar size in New Jersey.
- Fort Lee borough 39,818
- Linden city 43,614
- Atlantic City city 38,486
- Sicklerville CDP 44,500
- Fair Lawn borough 35,153
- Sayreville borough 45,237
- Garfield city 32,502
- Hackensack city 45,768
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Kearny town?
- Kearny town has 40,570 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #24 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in Kearny town?
- Median household income in Kearny town is $83,212 a year, 6% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kearny town?
- Median gross rent is $1,649 a month and the median home value is $431,700, so rent absorbs about 23.8% of median household income.
- Is Kearny town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 5.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kearny town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Kearny town 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.