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East Rutherford borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
East Rutherford borough is a Census borough of 10,313 people across 3.71 square miles of land, in Bergen County. Median household income is $97,993, 35.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 30 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.1 m.
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East Rutherford
What East Rutherford is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area3.71 sq mi
- Water area0.33 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,779
- County holding the largest share of its areaBergen County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Rutherford
How many people live in East Rutherford
- Population10,313
- Median age38.2
- Population under 181,739 plus or minus 427
- Share under 1816.9 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Population 65 and over1,432 plus or minus 388
- Share 65 and over13.9 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Households4,217
- Family households2,618
- Share of households that are families62.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Rutherford
Income and work in East Rutherford
- Median household income$97,993
- Per capita income$48,483
- Civilian labor force6,207
- Employed5,943
- Unemployed264 plus or minus 122
- Unemployment rate4.3 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over7,792
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher46.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.7 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Rutherford
Housing in East Rutherford
- Housing units4,454
- Occupied units4,217
- Vacant units237 plus or minus 155
- Vacancy rate5.3 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Owner occupied1,493 plus or minus 299
- Renter occupied2,724
- Ownership rate35.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$458,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,952
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.9 percent
- Single family units889
- Share single family20.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,565
- Share in buildings of two or more80.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Rutherford
How East Rutherford gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,614
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,133 plus or minus 326
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.6 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,070
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.9 percent
- Drove alone62.0 percent
- Carpooled0.7 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Public transport9.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Walked6.8 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Worked from home20.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Rutherford
SBA 7(a) lending to East Rutherford borrowers
- Approvals30
- Gross approval$8,112,400
- Average approval$270,413
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$700,000
- Largest approval$1,679,000
- Jobs supported353
- Jobs per approval11.8
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more3.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders15
- Distinct industries by NAICS27
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Rutherford
SBA 504 lending to East Rutherford borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$9,235,000
- Average approval$1,847,000
- Median approval$711,000
- Largest approval$4,997,000
- Jobs supported59
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bergen County, not East Rutherford
Bergen County context, not East Rutherford figures
These are Bergen County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Rutherford measurements.
- Establishments in Bergen County31,818
- Employment at those establishments, Bergen County441,870
- Covered employment, Bergen County438,240
- Average annual pay, Bergen County$80,639
- Average weekly wage, Bergen County$1,551
- Housing units permitted, Bergen County3,329
- Of those, single family, Bergen County1,450
- County product, 2024, Bergen County$105,804,508,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bergen County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bergen County$129,007
Every figure in this section is published for Bergen County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Rutherford. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
East Rutherford questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Rutherford, New Jersey?
10,313, in 4,217 households. East Rutherford borough covers 3.71 square miles of land, which is 2,779 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Rutherford in?
Bergen County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in East Rutherford?
$97,993. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $458,100. Median gross rent is $1,952 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to East Rutherford businesses?
30 7(a) approvals totalling $8.1 m, across 15 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $9.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East Rutherford, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East Rutherford borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for East Rutherford. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page East Rutherford figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bergen County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of East Rutherford.
Is zoning published for East Rutherford?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.