East Rutherford, New Jersey
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 5.7% since 2020.
10,566
people, the 106th-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
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
98.2%
of 16,463 jobs located in East Rutherford are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 56% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,952
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 $2,269 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Bergen County.
- $1,232 Tract 490.02
- $3,501 Tract 490.01
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 is above what local wages can carry.
$815–$1,223
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,952 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
73% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 408 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 97% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 73% 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 1–4% to the 4,454 homes here.
28–165
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 1% more than New Jersey's.
$458,100
median home value in East Rutherford.
- $458,100 East Rutherford
- $454,400 New Jersey
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year