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SheetNJ-EAST-RUTHERFORD-NJ · East Rutherford, NJ 10,154 pop · income 72nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around East Rutherford
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest East Rutherford on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Coweta · lowest
60,000
Coweta · lowest
60,000 median HH income
24.2% of the leader · rank #1
Venetian · near
91,786
Venetian · near
91,786 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #2
East Rutherfo… · this city
91,789
East Rutherfo… · this city
91,789 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #3
Constantia · near
91,806
Constantia · near
91,806 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #4
Flanders · near
91,806
Flanders · near
91,806 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #5
Fredericksbur… · near
91,806
Fredericksbur… · near
91,806 median HH income
37.0% of the leader · rank #6
Blackwells Mi… · highest
248,149
Blackwells Mi… · highest
248,149 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for East Rutherford on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 10,154.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, East Rutherford lands in the 72nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
72nd
percentile, household income
82nd
percentile, home value
94th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: East Rutherford, NJ
East Rutherford is a small town in New Jersey, home to 10,154 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $91,789 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.1%. Home values in East Rutherford run a median of $453,500, and the median resident age is 36.5 years. Educational attainment runs 45.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 66.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 23 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Slowing), down 23% from five years earlier.
New Jersey carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts New Jersey at 108.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,132 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts New Jersey's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of East Rutherford's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For East Rutherford, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in East Rutherford?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Is East Rutherford growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +572 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 23 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
What does the education layer cover for East Rutherford?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 45.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Which cities make useful reference points for East Rutherford?
Within New Jersey, the closest population matches are Hackettstown (10,143 residents, $91,250 income); Budd Lake (10,106 residents, $113,036 income); Wood-Ridge (10,094 residents, $131,412 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Coweta, OK (10,157 residents); Warrenton, VA (10,151 residents); South Huntington, NY (10,150 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in East Rutherford?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Household income
$91,789
Home value
$453,500
Value / income
4.9×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
Above median income · poverty 5.1% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
108.8 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, New Jersey average
C
City profile score · East Rutherford, NJ
56/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B+
45.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B
$91,789
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate B-
5.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
108.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
East Rutherford profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 79/100 (B+) · 45.0%
Household income: 71/100 (B) · $91,789
Poverty rate: 65/100 (B-) · 5.1%
Cost of living: 10/100 (F) · 108.8 index
How does East Rutherford compare to other US cities?
Here's how East Rutherford stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value82% pricier than other cities
Median rent94% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares East Rutherford against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New Jersey only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New Jersey-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places East Rutherford near the bottom of New Jersey's cities
Among the 686 New Jersey cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, East Rutherford ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares East Rutherford only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#431 of 659
35th percentile in New Jersey
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 686
0th percentile in New Jersey
Median Home Value
#260 of 672
61st percentile in New Jersey
Poverty Rate
#228 of 680
66th percentile in New Jersey
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#318 of 686
53rd percentile in New Jersey
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New Jersey only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
72nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How East Rutherford's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$453,50018th percentilemore affordable than 18% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
East Rutherford's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,792 of 15,516
More affordable than 18% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,574 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 4.9×, East Rutherford sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,792 of 15,516 and #2,574 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$91,789East Rutherford, NJ median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context East Rutherford, NJ median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for East Rutherford, NJ.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)45.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)66.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,154
Median Income
$91,789
Median Home Value
$453,500
Median Age
36.5
Poverty Rate
5.1%
Labor force participation
66.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
45.0%
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
East Rutherford's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
9,994 residents
2021
9,970 residents
2022
10,428 residents
2023
10,491 residents
2024
10,567 residents
2025
10,566 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Slowing
Total Permits (2024)
23
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
23
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
30
0
30
$3.6M
2020
5
1
4
$1.3M
2021
1
1
0
$0.2M
2022
54
0
54
$9.3M
2023
1
1
0
$0.2M
2024
23
0
23
$1.5M
Permit volume decreased 23% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
60.9%
Carpool
1.9%
Public Transit
13.7%
Walk
7.1%
Work from Home
15.4%
Other
1.0%
Based on 5,508 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New Jersey statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New Jersey at $275 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are New Jersey statewide averages, not a meter reading for East Rutherford. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New Jersey's BEA cost-of-living index is 108.8 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around East Rutherford is $2,132/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New Jersey statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 90.8 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New Jersey statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county East Rutherford sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How East Rutherford compares to similar-size New Jersey cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.