New Jersey · Census place 73140
Totowa, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Totowa, New Jersey (Totowa, NJ — Census place “Totowa borough”) is 10,919 residents, ranking #134 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $114,177, the median home is worth $507,700 and median gross rent runs $1,703 a month. Looking for the Totowa New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Totowa, NJ: 07512.
- Population
- 10,919Totowa borough residents
- Median household income
- $114,177Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $507,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,703Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 76.1%Owner-occupied households
Totowa ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Totowa.
The Totowa NJ ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Totowa borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Totowa borough median would spend about 17.9% 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 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.8% of residents and 76.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Totowa borough, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Totowa borough is a mid-size town in New Jersey, with 10,919 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #134 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 43.1 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 Totowa borough earn a median of $114,177 a year, 45.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 7% above 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 3.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Totowa borough is valued at $507,700, 67.3% above the national figure and 23% above the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,703 a month, 21.1% above the national figure, or roughly $20,436 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.9% 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 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 76.1% 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.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in New Jersey.
- Lincoln Park borough 10,901
- Little Ferry borough 10,942
- Manville borough 10,870
- Beachwood borough 11,002
- Oak Ridge CDP 10,860
- Pompton Lakes borough 11,010
- McKee City CDP 10,843
- Franklin Lakes borough 11,011
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Totowa borough?
- Totowa borough has 10,919 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #134 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in Totowa borough?
- Median household income in Totowa borough is $114,177 a year, 45.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Totowa borough?
- Median gross rent is $1,703 a month and the median home value is $507,700, so rent absorbs about 17.9% of median household income.
- Is Totowa borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Totowa borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Totowa 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.