Rents are 10% below what Piscataway'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 $2,636 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
January. Asking rents in Piscataway usually run 0.9% below trend in January and 0.7% above it in May, about $42 a month apart at today's median. Based on 6 years of data.
Rent in Piscataway is 2.3% below its high of $2,697 in March 2026, at $2,636 as of September 2026.
Rent in Piscataway changed -0.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 121 New Jersey cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.1%.
Rent in Piscataway is 42.7% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 2 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
Bound Brook, 4 miles away, rents for 21% less ($2,070/mo), about $6,800 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Piscataway. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series.
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How Piscataway, NJ has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in Piscataway, NJ has increased from $1,921 to $2,636, a 37.2% change over five years. Taken together, the five-year picture in Piscataway, 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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Piscataway rent by bedroom count
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Piscataway is $2,636/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,560/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,210/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,760/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,660/mo.
At 44% of estimated US median household income ($72,000/yr), Piscataway ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.7% over the past year.
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