Rents are 8% below what East Brunswick's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,751 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
February. Asking rents in East Brunswick usually run 0.6% below trend in February and 0.4% above it in November, about $28 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in East Brunswick is 0.6% below its high of $2,768 in August 2026, at $2,751 as of September 2026.
Rent in East Brunswick changed +1.5% over the year to September 2026. Across the 121 New Jersey cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.1%.
Rent in East Brunswick is 42% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
Highland Park, 5 miles away, rents for 11% less ($2,447/mo), about $3,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for East Brunswick. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series.
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How East Brunswick, NJ has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in East Brunswick, NJ has shifted from $1,986 to $2,751, up 38.5% since 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in East Brunswick, NJ reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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East Brunswick rent by bedroom count
Median rent for each apartment size in East Brunswick. Click any size for full breakdown.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in East Brunswick is $2,751/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,660/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,340/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,860/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,820/mo.
At 46% of estimated US median household income ($72,000/yr), East Brunswick ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.5% over the past year.
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