New Milford vs Rutherford

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

New Milford 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 16,882 in New Milford). Rutherford has the higher median household income ($136,069 vs $113,513 in New Milford). Rutherford has the higher median home value ($580,800 vs $554,800 in New Milford).

Population, income & housing

	New Milford	Rutherford
Population	16,882	18,748
Median age	39.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$113,513	$136,069
Median home value	$554,800	$580,800
Median gross rent	$1,722	$1,859
Housing units	6,428	7,163
Homeownership rate	62.7%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.0%	58.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Milford	Rutherford
Population	16,545 → 16,882 (+2.0%)	18,398 → 18,748 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$94,344 → $113,513 (+20.3%)	$101,473 → $136,069 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$426,800 → $554,800 (+30.0%)	$473,500 → $580,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,438 → $1,722 (+19.7%)	$1,440 → $1,859 (+29.1%)

New Milford

Population

16,54516,882

Median household income

$94,344$113,513

Median home value

$426,800$554,800

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,722

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)

	New Milford	Rutherford
Under 5	7.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.0%
75 and over	8.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Milford	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	47.6%	57.5%
Black or African American	4.7%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	20.5%	14.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.1%	21.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Milford	Rutherford
No high school diploma	5.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	19.6%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	23.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Milford	Rutherford
Drove alone	62.9%	55.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	2.5%
Public transit	7.8%	17.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	20.2%
Other means	3.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Milford	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	64.7%	56.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	20.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	New Milford	Rutherford
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.8%
Average household size	2.71	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1953	1945