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Elmer borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Elmer borough is a Census borough of 1,176 people across 0.89 square miles of land, in Salem County. Median household income is $95,357, 67.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 13 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.3 m.
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Elmer
What Elmer is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area0.89 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,322
- County holding the largest share of its areaSalem 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.
Elmer
How many people live in Elmer
- Population1,176
- Median age38.7
- Population under 18253 plus or minus 74
- Share under 1821.5 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Population 65 and over179 plus or minus 45
- Share 65 and over15.2 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Households420
- Family households269
- Share of households that are families64.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elmer
Income and work in Elmer
- Median household income$95,357
- Per capita income$43,044
- Civilian labor force652
- Employed633
- Unemployed19 plus or minus 12
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over827
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.1 percent plus or minus 19.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.9 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elmer
Housing in Elmer
- Housing units472
- Occupied units420
- Vacant units52 plus or minus 26
- Vacancy rate11.0 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Owner occupied284
- Renter occupied136 plus or minus 46
- Ownership rate67.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$227,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,741
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.9 percent
- Single family units411
- Share single family87.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more58 plus or minus 33
- Share in buildings of two or more12.3 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Mobile homes3 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elmer
How Elmer gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute581
- Commuting under 15 minutes131 plus or minus 44
- Share commuting under 15 minutes22.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more171 plus or minus 48
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.4 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Drove alone86.1 percent
- Carpooled4.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home7.2 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Elmer
SBA loans in Elmer (7(a))
- Approvals13
- Gross approval$10,259,000
- Average approval$789,154
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,765,000
- Largest approval$3,433,000
- Jobs supported106
- Jobs per approval8.2
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full2
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more23.1 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
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.
Salem County, not Elmer
Salem County context, not Elmer figures
These are Salem County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Elmer measurements.
- Establishments in Salem County1,137
- Employment at those establishments, Salem County17,630
- Covered employment, Salem County21,587
- Average annual pay, Salem County$67,562
- Average weekly wage, Salem County$1,299
- Housing units permitted, Salem County64
- Of those, single family, Salem County64
- County product, 2024, Salem County$7,363,384,000
- County product change over the prior year, Salem County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Salem County$63,058
Every figure in this section is published for Salem County as a whole and is not a measurement of Elmer. 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
Elmer questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Elmer, New Jersey?
1,176, in 420 households. Elmer borough covers 0.89 square miles of land, which is 1,322 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Elmer in?
Salem 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 Elmer?
$95,357. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $227,300. Median gross rent is $1,741 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Elmer businesses?
13 7(a) approvals totalling $10.3 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $200,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Elmer, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Elmer borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Elmer. 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 Elmer figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Salem 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 Elmer.
Is zoning published for Elmer?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.