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These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,678 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 Long Branch is 1.2% below its high of $2,711 in August 2026, at $2,678 as of September 2026.
Rent in Long Branch changed +4.9% over the year to September 2026. Across the 121 New Jersey cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.1%.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($79,653) is $1,991 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,970); a 3-bedroom is $2,620.
Eatontown, 4 miles away, rents for 16% less ($2,256/mo), about $5,100 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Long Branch. 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
Long Branch, NJ is majority renter-occupied, 36.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Long Branch, NJ has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Long Branch, NJ paid around $2,249 a month. That figure now sits near $2,678, up 19.1% from the 2022 baseline. Median household income climbed from $65,369 to $79,653 between 2021 and 2024, a 21.9% shift. Census counts show Long Branch, NJ adding about 796 residents over the five-year window, up 2.5% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 32.6% to 36.1% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Long Branch, 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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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Long Branch is $2,678/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,420/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,970/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,600/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,620/mo.
At 40% of local median household income ($79,653/yr), Long Branch ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 4.9% over the past year.
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