Audubon, New Jersey
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 1.4% since 2020.
8,825
people, the 132nd-largest of New Jersey's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among New Jersey's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
92.3%
of 2,337 jobs located in Audubon are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 55% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,290
a month. New Jersey's median is $1,720.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $3,001 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Camden County.
- $500 Tract 6092.06
- $3,501 Tract 6084.02
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent sits inside what local wages can carry.
$933–$1,399
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,290 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 249 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 2% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 98% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.3–0.7% to the 3,465 homes here.
9–23
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 32% less than New Jersey's.
$307,400
median home value in Audubon.
- $307,400 Audubon
- $454,400 New Jersey
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year