Dumont vs Rutherford

A side-by-side comparison of Dumont and Rutherford: population, income, housing, and more.

Dumont and Rutherford are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rutherford has the higher population (18,748 vs 18,072 in Dumont). Rutherford has the higher median household income ($136,069 vs $125,585 in Dumont). Rutherford has the higher median home value ($580,800 vs $469,900 in Dumont).

Population, income & housing

	Dumont	Rutherford
Population	18,072	18,748
Median age	42.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$125,585	$136,069
Median home value	$469,900	$580,800
Median gross rent	$1,778	$1,859
Housing units	6,781	7,163
Homeownership rate	72.2%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.8%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dumont	Rutherford
Population	17,624 → 18,072 (+2.5%)	18,398 → 18,748 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$100,219 → $125,585 (+25.3%)	$101,473 → $136,069 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $469,900 (+24.9%)	$473,500 → $580,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,306 → $1,778 (+36.1%)	$1,440 → $1,859 (+29.1%)

Dumont

Population

17,62418,072

Median household income

$100,219$125,585

Median home value

$376,100$469,900

Median gross rent

$1,306$1,778

Rutherford

Population

18,39818,748

Median household income

$101,473$136,069

Median home value

$473,500$580,800

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dumont	Rutherford
Under 5	5.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	11.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	20.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.0%
75 and over	7.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dumont	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	57.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	20.9%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dumont	Rutherford
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	24.4%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dumont	Rutherford
Drove alone	70.6%	55.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	2.5%
Public transit	7.7%	17.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	20.2%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dumont	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	70.1%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	10.2%
20 or more units	11.1%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Dumont	Rutherford
Poverty rate	6.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.78	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1952	1945