What is the population of Rutherford borough?

Rutherford borough has 18,748 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #63 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Rutherford borough?

Median household income in Rutherford borough is $136,069 a year, 73.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,859 a month and the median home value is $580,800, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rutherford borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rutherford, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rutherford, New Jersey (Rutherford, NJ — Census place “Rutherford borough”) is 18,748 residents, ranking #63 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $136,069, the median home is worth $580,800 and median gross rent runs $1,859 a month. Looking for the Rutherford New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Rutherford, NJ: 07070.

Population: 18,748Rutherford borough residents
Median household income: $136,069Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $580,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,859Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.1%Owner-occupied households

Rutherford ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rutherford.

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

07070

What the numbers mean in Rutherford borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rutherford borough median would spend about 16.4% 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 4.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.8% of residents and 63.1% of households own their home.

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

Rutherford borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rutherford borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 18,748 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #63 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 40.7 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 Rutherford borough earn a median of $136,069 a year, 73.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 27% above 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 4.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rutherford borough is valued at $580,800, 91.4% above the national figure and 41% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,859 a month, 32.2% above the national figure, or roughly $22,308 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.4% 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 4.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 63.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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.

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 Rutherford borough?: Rutherford borough has 18,748 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #63 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Rutherford borough?: Median household income in Rutherford borough is $136,069 a year, 73.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rutherford borough?: Median gross rent is $1,859 a month and the median home value is $580,800, so rent absorbs about 16.4% of median household income.
Is Rutherford borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rutherford borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rutherford 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.