East Rutherford vs Maywood

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

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

East Rutherford has the higher population (10,154 vs 10,042 in Maywood). Maywood has the higher median household income ($119,306 vs $91,789 in East Rutherford). Maywood has the higher median home value ($495,700 vs $453,500 in East Rutherford).

Population, income & housing

	East Rutherford	Maywood
Population	10,154	10,042
Median age	36.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$91,789	$119,306
Median home value	$453,500	$495,700
Median gross rent	$1,867	$1,932
Housing units	4,325	3,908
Homeownership rate	35.7%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Rutherford	Maywood
Population	9,584 → 10,154 (+5.9%)	9,661 → 10,042 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$80,896 → $91,789 (+13.5%)	$94,317 → $119,306 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$381,100 → $453,500 (+19.0%)	$389,300 → $495,700 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,586 → $1,867 (+17.7%)	$1,601 → $1,932 (+20.7%)

East Rutherford

Population

9,58410,154

Median household income

$80,896$91,789

Median home value

$381,100$453,500

Median gross rent

$1,586$1,867

Maywood

Population

9,66110,042

Median household income

$94,317$119,306

Median home value

$389,300$495,700

Median gross rent

$1,601$1,932

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Rutherford	Maywood
Under 5	9.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	7.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	9.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	20.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	13.1%
75 and over	3.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Rutherford	Maywood
White (non-Hispanic)	48.4%	48.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	20.4%	17.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.4%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Rutherford	Maywood
No high school diploma	11.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	21.1%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Rutherford	Maywood
Drove alone	60.9%	65.6%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.4%
Public transit	13.7%	11.0%
Walked	7.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.4%	12.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Rutherford	Maywood
1-unit, detached	18.8%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	44.1%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	2.6%
20 or more units	22.5%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Rutherford	Maywood
Poverty rate	7.4%	2.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1964	1952