
New Jersey · Census place 82180
Woodbury Heights, NJ population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Woodbury Heights, New Jersey (Woodbury Heights, NJ — Census place “Woodbury Heights borough”) is 3,116 residents, ranking #376 of 700 places in New Jersey. Median household income is $130,101, the median home is worth $260,000 and median gross rent runs $1,353 a month. Looking for the Woodbury Heights New Jersey ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Woodbury Heights, NJ: 08097.
- Population
- 3,116Woodbury Heights borough residents
- Median household income
- $130,101Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $260,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,353Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 42.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 94.7%Owner-occupied households
Woodbury Heights ZIP codes (New Jersey)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Woodbury Heights.
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What the numbers mean in Woodbury Heights borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Woodbury Heights borough median would spend about 12.5% 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 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 5.2% of residents and 94.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Woodbury Heights borough, NJ in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Woodbury Heights borough is a small town in New Jersey, with 3,116 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #376 of 700 ranked by population — larger than 46% of them. The median age here is 42.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Woodbury Heights borough earn a median of $130,101 a year, 65.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 22% 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 5.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Woodbury Heights borough is valued at $260,000, 14.3% below the national figure and 37% below the $412,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,353 a month, 3.8% below the national figure, or roughly $16,236 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.5% 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×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 94.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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.
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- Mount Hope CDP 3,082
- Six Mile Run CDP 3,185
- North Middletown CDP 3,081
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Woodbury Heights borough?
- Woodbury Heights borough has 3,116 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #376 of 700 in New Jersey.
- What is the median household income in Woodbury Heights borough?
- Median household income in Woodbury Heights borough is $130,101 a year, 65.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Woodbury Heights borough?
- Median gross rent is $1,353 a month and the median home value is $260,000, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.
- Is Woodbury Heights borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Woodbury Heights borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Woodbury Heights 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.