Rents are 4% below what Hackensack'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 $2,723 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
Rent in Hackensack is 0.5% below its high of $2,736 in August 2026, at $2,723 as of September 2026.
Rent in Hackensack changed +3.8% over the year to September 2026. Across the 121 New Jersey cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.1%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Hackensack rose 25.8% while median household income rose 20.2% ($70,090 to $84,277). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Hackensack is 30.7% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 10 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($84,277) is $2,107 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,910); a 2-bedroom is $2,190.
Lodi, 2 miles away, rents for 12% less ($2,408/mo), about $3,800 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Hackensack. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Hackensack, NJ is majority renter-occupied, 42.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Hackensack, NJ has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Hackensack, NJ paid around $2,138 a month. That figure now sits near $2,723, up 27.4% from the 2021 baseline. Census figures show median household income at $84,277 today, compared with $73,716 five years earlier. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 40% to 42.1% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Hackensack is $2,723/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,640/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,190/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,910/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,700/mo.
At 39% of local median household income ($84,277/yr), Hackensack ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.8% over the past year.
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