What is the population of Somerdale borough?

Somerdale borough has 5,535 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #275 of 700 in New Jersey.

What is the median household income in Somerdale borough?

Median household income in Somerdale borough is $79,101 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,141 a month and the median home value is $221,600, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Somerdale borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Somerdale, NJ population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Somerdale, New Jersey (Somerdale, NJ — Census place “Somerdale borough”) is 5,535 residents, ranking #275 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $79,101, the median home is worth $221,600 and median gross rent runs $1,141 a month. Looking for the Somerdale New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Somerdale, NJ: 08083.

Population: 5,535Somerdale borough residents
Median household income: $79,101Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $221,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,141Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.8%Owner-occupied households

Somerdale ZIP codes (New Jersey)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Somerdale.

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

08083

What the numbers mean in Somerdale borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Somerdale borough median would spend about 17.3% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.5% of residents and 77.8% of households own their home.

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

Somerdale borough, NJ in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Somerdale borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 5,535 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #275 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 40.5 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 Somerdale borough earn a median of $79,101 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 26% 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 15.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Somerdale borough is valued at $221,600, 27% below the national figure and 46% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,141 a month, 18.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,692 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.3% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 77.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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.

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 Somerdale borough?: Somerdale borough has 5,535 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #275 of 700 in New Jersey.
What is the median household income in Somerdale borough?: Median household income in Somerdale borough is $79,101 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Somerdale borough?: Median gross rent is $1,141 a month and the median home value is $221,600, so rent absorbs about 17.3% of median household income.
Is Somerdale borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Somerdale borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Somerdale 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.