Elmwood Park vs Rutherford

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

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

Elmwood Park has the higher population (21,287 vs 18,748 in Rutherford). Rutherford has the higher median household income ($136,069 vs $100,852 in Elmwood Park). Rutherford has the higher median home value ($580,800 vs $456,000 in Elmwood Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elmwood Park	Rutherford
Population	21,287	18,748
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,852	$136,069
Median home value	$456,000	$580,800
Median gross rent	$2,025	$1,859
Housing units	7,561	7,163
Homeownership rate	57.4%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmwood Park	Rutherford
Population	20,059 → 21,287 (+6.1%)	18,398 → 18,748 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$77,334 → $100,852 (+30.4%)	$101,473 → $136,069 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$362,700 → $456,000 (+25.7%)	$473,500 → $580,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,660 → $2,025 (+22.0%)	$1,440 → $1,859 (+29.1%)

Elmwood Park

Population

20,05921,287

Median household income

$77,334$100,852

Median home value

$362,700$456,000

Median gross rent

$1,660$2,025

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)

	Elmwood Park	Rutherford
Under 5	5.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.0%
75 and over	7.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmwood Park	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	57.5%
Black or African American	9.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmwood Park	Rutherford
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	30.7%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmwood Park	Rutherford
Drove alone	71.7%	55.2%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.5%
Public transit	7.1%	17.9%
Walked	2.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	20.2%
Other means	2.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmwood Park	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	42.5%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	37.9%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	10.2%
20 or more units	7.9%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Elmwood Park	Rutherford
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.92	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1957	1945