
New Jersey · Census place 39420
Lawnside, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Lawnside, New Jersey (Lawnside, NJ — Census place “Lawnside borough”) is 3,124 residents, ranking #375 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $70,338, the median home is worth $215,100 and median gross rent runs $1,034 a month. Looking for the Lawnside New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lawnside, NJ: 08045.
- Population
- 3,124Lawnside borough residents
- Median household income
- $70,338Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $215,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,034Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 46.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 67%Owner-occupied households
Lawnside ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lawnside.
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What the numbers mean in Lawnside borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Lawnside borough median would spend about 17.6% 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 19.6% of residents and 67% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Lawnside borough, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Lawnside borough is a small town in New Jersey, with 3,124 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #375 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 46% of them. The median age here is 46.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Lawnside borough earn a median of $70,338 a year, 10.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 34% 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 19.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Lawnside borough is valued at $215,100, 29.1% below the national figure and 48% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,034 a month, 26.5% below the national figure, or roughly $12,408 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.6% 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.
- Woodbury Heights borough 3,116
- Rossmoor CDP 3,136
- Moonachie borough 3,106
- Six Mile Run CDP 3,185
- Wildwood Crest borough 3,094
- Sewaren CDP 3,196
- Mount Hope CDP 3,082
- Monmouth Beach borough 3,201
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Lawnside borough?
- Lawnside borough has 3,124 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #375 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in Lawnside borough?
- Median household income in Lawnside borough is $70,338 a year, 10.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lawnside borough?
- Median gross rent is $1,034 a month and the median home value is $215,100, so rent absorbs about 17.6% of median household income.
- Is Lawnside borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lawnside borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Lawnside 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.