Rent Affordability for An Accountant in New Jersey

A typical accountant in New Jersey earns about $101,674 a year, which supports approximately $2,542 a month in rent under the 30% rule. Below, every tracked New Jersey city is ranked by how local rent compares against that affordability ceiling.

As of May 2026. 87 of 199 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 112 are rent-burdened on this salary.

CityMedian rent% of incomeAffordability
Collingswood, NJ$1,588/mo18.7%very comfortable
Millville, NJ$1,652/mo19.5%very comfortable
Bellmawr, NJ$1,674/mo19.8%very comfortable
Gloucester City, NJ$1,680/mo19.8%very comfortable
Maple Shade Township, NJ$1,723/mo20.3%affordable
West Deptford Township, NJ$1,721/mo20.3%affordable
Audubon, NJ$1,735/mo20.5%affordable
Somerdale, NJ$1,738/mo20.5%affordable
Salem, NJ$1,775/mo20.9%affordable
Camden, NJ$1,786/mo21.1%affordable
Atlantic City, NJ$1,789/mo21.1%affordable
Edgewater Park Township, NJ$1,811/mo21.4%affordable
Clementon, NJ$1,849/mo21.8%affordable
Paterson, NJ$1,864/mo22%affordable
Voorhees Township, NJ$1,890/mo22.3%affordable
Wildwood, NJ$1,900/mo22.4%affordable
Washington, NJ$1,903/mo22.5%affordable
Pleasantville, NJ$1,968/mo23.2%affordable
Vineland, NJ$1,974/mo23.3%affordable
Mt Holly Township, NJ$1,972/mo23.3%affordable
Newton, NJ$1,986/mo23.4%affordable
Blackwood, NJ$1,980/mo23.4%affordable
Orange, NJ$1,991/mo23.5%affordable
Phillipsburg, NJ$1,997/mo23.6%affordable
Lavallette, NJ$2,000/mo23.6%affordable
Irvington, NJ$2,002/mo23.6%affordable
East Orange, NJ$2,008/mo23.7%affordable
Woodbury, NJ$2,023/mo23.9%affordable
Randolph, NJ$2,025/mo23.9%affordable
Trenton, NJ$2,045/mo24.1%affordable
Lumberton Township, NJ$2,040/mo24.1%affordable
Passaic, NJ$2,077/mo24.5%affordable
Eastampton Township, NJ$2,072/mo24.5%affordable
North Plainfield, NJ$2,100/mo24.8%affordable
Haddonfield, NJ$2,122/mo25%affordable
Newark, NJ$2,123/mo25.1%affordable
Bound Brook, NJ$2,128/mo25.1%affordable
Lakewood, NJ$2,137/mo25.2%affordable
Burlington Township, NJ$2,135/mo25.2%affordable
Plainsboro, NJ$2,131/mo25.2%affordable
Ridgefield Park, NJ$2,161/mo25.5%affordable
Plainfield, NJ$2,170/mo25.6%affordable
Kearny, NJ$2,168/mo25.6%affordable
Ewing, NJ$2,180/mo25.7%affordable
Eatontown, NJ$2,199/mo26%affordable
Nutley, NJ$2,217/mo26.2%affordable
Budd Lake, NJ$2,252/mo26.6%affordable
Fairview, NJ$2,250/mo26.6%affordable
Elizabeth, NJ$2,261/mo26.7%affordable
Egg Harbor Township, NJ$2,263/mo26.7%affordable
Cherry Hill, NJ$2,292/mo27.1%affordable
North Arlington, NJ$2,316/mo27.3%affordable
Belleville, NJ$2,328/mo27.5%affordable
Dover, NJ$2,335/mo27.6%affordable
Pennsauken, NJ$2,335/mo27.6%affordable
Mt Laurel Township, NJ$2,336/mo27.6%affordable
Lodi, NJ$2,349/mo27.7%affordable
Perth Amboy, NJ$2,361/mo27.9%affordable
Sicklerville, NJ$2,376/mo28%affordable
Seaside Heights, NJ$2,375/mo28%affordable
Bayonne, NJ$2,387/mo28.2%affordable
Highland Park, NJ$2,393/mo28.2%affordable
Bloomfield, NJ$2,397/mo28.3%affordable
Union City, NJ$2,411/mo28.5%affordable
Dunellen, NJ$2,418/mo28.5%affordable
Guttenberg, NJ$2,425/mo28.6%affordable
Westampton Township, NJ$2,423/mo28.6%affordable
Hackettstown, NJ$2,432/mo28.7%affordable
Medford Township, NJ$2,441/mo28.8%affordable
Tuckerton, NJ$2,451/mo28.9%affordable
Bordentown Township, NJ$2,446/mo28.9%affordable
Carteret, NJ$2,457/mo29%affordable
Garfield, NJ$2,469/mo29.1%affordable
Manalapan Township, NJ$2,465/mo29.1%affordable
Linden, NJ$2,481/mo29.3%affordable
East Windsor Township, NJ$2,486/mo29.3%affordable
Rahway, NJ$2,490/mo29.4%affordable
Glassboro, NJ$2,501/mo29.5%affordable
Avenel, NJ$2,498/mo29.5%affordable
Ventnor City, NJ$2,496/mo29.5%affordable
Raritan, NJ$2,500/mo29.5%affordable
Somerville, NJ$2,524/mo29.8%affordable
Monmouth Junction, NJ$2,528/mo29.8%affordable
Evesham Township, NJ$2,523/mo29.8%affordable
West New York, NJ$2,537/mo29.9%affordable
Moorestown Township, NJ$2,537/mo29.9%affordable
Wayne, NJ$2,536/mo29.9%affordable
Ridgefield, NJ$2,543/mo30%stretched
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ$2,549/mo30.1%stretched
Leonia, NJ$2,550/mo30.1%stretched
Elmwood Park, NJ$2,564/mo30.3%stretched
Keansburg, NJ$2,567/mo30.3%stretched
Roselle, NJ$2,574/mo30.4%stretched
Browns Mills, NJ$2,588/mo30.5%stretched
Woodbridge, NJ$2,592/mo30.6%stretched
Union, NJ$2,609/mo30.8%stretched
Franklin Park, NJ$2,613/mo30.8%stretched
Matawan, NJ$2,606/mo30.8%stretched
Flemington, NJ$2,607/mo30.8%stretched
North Brunswick, NJ$2,608/mo30.8%stretched
Sewell, NJ$2,614/mo30.9%stretched
Brick, NJ$2,622/mo30.9%stretched
Harrison, NJ$2,624/mo31%stretched
Piscataway, NJ$2,625/mo31%stretched
East Brunswick, NJ$2,644/mo31.2%stretched
Forked River, NJ$2,650/mo31.3%stretched
Little Falls, NJ$2,654/mo31.3%stretched
Lawrence Township, NJ$2,655/mo31.3%stretched
Lyndhurst, NJ$2,652/mo31.3%stretched
Clifton, NJ$2,657/mo31.4%stretched
Hawthorne, NJ$2,670/mo31.5%stretched
Mount Arlington, NJ$2,671/mo31.5%stretched
South Plainfield, NJ$2,677/mo31.6%stretched
Palisades Park, NJ$2,675/mo31.6%stretched
Barnegat, NJ$2,688/mo31.7%stretched
Carlstadt, NJ$2,700/mo31.9%stretched
Monroe Township, NJ$2,709/mo32%stretched
Hackensack, NJ$2,720/mo32.1%stretched
Somerset, NJ$2,718/mo32.1%stretched
Iselin, NJ$2,721/mo32.1%stretched
Metuchen, NJ$2,725/mo32.2%stretched
Springfield, NJ$2,727/mo32.2%stretched
Neptune Township, NJ$2,728/mo32.2%stretched
New Brunswick, NJ$2,735/mo32.3%stretched
Long Branch, NJ$2,743/mo32.4%stretched
South Amboy, NJ$2,770/mo32.7%stretched
Annandale, NJ$2,768/mo32.7%stretched
Maplewood, NJ$2,799/mo33%stretched
Willingboro Township, NJ$2,794/mo33%stretched
Cliffside Park, NJ$2,815/mo33.2%stretched
Parsippany, NJ$2,825/mo33.3%stretched
Edison, NJ$2,832/mo33.4%stretched
Englewood, NJ$2,836/mo33.5%stretched
Asbury Park, NJ$2,841/mo33.5%stretched
Atlantic Highlands, NJ$2,856/mo33.7%stretched
Old Bridge, NJ$2,864/mo33.8%stretched
Secaucus, NJ$2,862/mo33.8%stretched
Freehold, NJ$2,882/mo34%stretched
West Orange, NJ$2,877/mo34%stretched
Caldwell, NJ$2,900/mo34.2%stretched
Pine Brook, NJ$2,901/mo34.2%stretched
Cranford, NJ$2,899/mo34.2%stretched
North Bergen Township, NJ$2,894/mo34.2%stretched
Morristown, NJ$2,927/mo34.5%stretched
Bedminster, NJ$2,922/mo34.5%stretched
Hillsborough Township, NJ$2,925/mo34.5%stretched
Boonton, NJ$2,933/mo34.6%stretched
Highlands, NJ$2,933/mo34.6%stretched
Teaneck, NJ$2,934/mo34.6%stretched
Parlin, NJ$2,956/mo34.9%stretched
Toms River, NJ$2,978/mo35.1%stretched
South Orange, NJ$2,977/mo35.1%stretched
Rockaway, NJ$2,980/mo35.2%stretched
Bergenfield, NJ$2,987/mo35.3%stretched
Bridgewater Township, NJ$2,994/mo35.3%stretched
Montclair, NJ$2,997/mo35.4%stretched
Summit, NJ$3,025/mo35.7%stretched
East Rutherford, NJ$3,040/mo35.9%stretched
Margate City, NJ$3,051/mo36%stretched
Pennington, NJ$3,053/mo36%stretched
Montville, NJ$3,062/mo36.1%stretched
Park Ridge, NJ$3,139/mo37%stretched
Westwood, NJ$3,156/mo37.2%stretched
Mc Guire AFB, NJ$3,156/mo37.2%stretched
North Haledon, NJ$3,164/mo37.3%stretched
Monmouth Beach, NJ$3,206/mo37.8%stretched
Mahwah Township, NJ$3,200/mo37.8%stretched
Jersey City, NJ$3,208/mo37.9%stretched
Red Bank, NJ$3,232/mo38.1%stretched
Howell, NJ$3,241/mo38.3%stretched
Tinton Falls, NJ$3,281/mo38.7%stretched
Middletown, NJ$3,317/mo39.1%stretched
Warren Township, NJ$3,328/mo39.3%stretched
Berkeley Heights, NJ$3,357/mo39.6%stretched
Westfield, NJ$3,364/mo39.7%stretched
Chatham, NJ$3,362/mo39.7%stretched
East Hanover Township, NJ$3,366/mo39.7%stretched
Morganville, NJ$3,383/mo39.9%stretched
Oakhurst, NJ$3,383/mo39.9%stretched
Fair Lawn, NJ$3,385/mo40%stretched
Ocean, NJ$3,394/mo40.1%rent-burdened
Jackson, NJ$3,411/mo40.3%rent-burdened
Branchburg Township, NJ$3,435/mo40.5%rent-burdened
Princeton, NJ$3,461/mo40.8%rent-burdened
Manasquan, NJ$3,456/mo40.8%rent-burdened
Madison, NJ$3,485/mo41.1%rent-burdened
Cedar Knolls, NJ$3,491/mo41.2%rent-burdened
Fort Lee, NJ$3,530/mo41.7%rent-burdened
Morris Plains, NJ$3,541/mo41.8%rent-burdened
Weehawken, NJ$3,848/mo45.4%rent-burdened
Hoboken, NJ$3,961/mo46.7%rent-burdened
Edgewater, NJ$3,962/mo46.8%rent-burdened
Montvale, NJ$4,257/mo50.2%severely rent-burdened
Livingston, NJ$4,364/mo51.5%severely rent-burdened
Millburn, NJ$4,419/mo52.2%severely rent-burdened
Belmar, NJ$5,044/mo59.5%severely rent-burdened
Spring Lake, NJ$5,292/mo62.5%severely rent-burdened
Cresskill, NJ$5,380/mo63.5%severely rent-burdened
Short Hills, NJ$6,896/mo81.4%severely rent-burdened
Methodology: Salary is the BLS-derived state estimate for New Jersey. Rent is the latest ZORI monthly value for each city. Affordability uses the 30% rule (rent ≤ 30% of gross income).