Rutherford, NJ Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Median Rent: Median gross rent in 2017: $1,424.

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 6.4%

Poverty (breakdown): (4.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 4.8% for Black residents, 9.8% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 9.3% for other race residents, 32.1% for two or more races residents)

Ancestries: Ancestries: Italian (16.2%), Irish (9.1%), Polish (5.8%), American (3.3%), German (2.7%), Egyptian (2.0%).

Population Density:

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $92,057 (it was $63,820 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $43,168 (it was $30,495 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $424,989 (it was $217,600 in 2000) Rutherford:$424,989NJ:$334,900

Races:
      White alone - 11,112 - 59.0%
      Hispanic - 3,463 - 18.4%
      Asian alone - 3,361 - 17.8%
      Black alone - 402 - 2.1%
      Two or more races - 375 - 2.0%
      Other race alone - 50 - 0.3%
      Native Hawaiian and Other
>Pacific Islander alone - 9 - 0.05%
      American Indian alone - 1 - 0.01%

Part of the region was known as Boiling Springs for a powerful and ceaseless spring located in the vicinity. Despite its name, the spring actually consisted of cold groundwater seeps rather than hot springs.