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Rent Affordability for A Lawyer in New Jersey

A typical lawyer in New Jersey earns about $197,646 a year, which supports approximately $4,941 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. 194 of 199 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 5 are rent-burdened on this salary.

City↕Median rent↕% of income↑Affordability
Millville, NJ$1,562/mo9.5%very comfortable
Collingswood, NJ$1,601/mo9.7%very comfortable
Bellmawr, NJ$1,662/mo10.1%very comfortable
Maple Shade Township, NJ$1,708/mo10.4%very comfortable
Audubon, NJ$1,735/mo10.5%very comfortable
Somerdale, NJ$1,736/mo10.5%very comfortable
Clementon, NJ$1,753/mo10.6%very comfortable
West Deptford Township, NJ$1,742/mo10.6%very comfortable
Atlantic City, NJ$1,765/mo10.7%very comfortable
Salem, NJ$1,775/mo10.8%very comfortable
Edgewater Park Township, NJ$1,798/mo10.9%very comfortable
Camden, NJ$1,811/mo11%very comfortable
Newton, NJ$1,811/mo11%very comfortable
Gloucester City, NJ$1,852/mo11.2%very comfortable
Eastampton Township, NJ$1,881/mo11.4%very comfortable
Voorhees Township, NJ$1,882/mo11.4%very comfortable
Wildwood, NJ$1,900/mo11.5%very comfortable
Blackwood, NJ$1,900/mo11.5%very comfortable
Pleasantville, NJ$1,917/mo11.6%very comfortable
Orange, NJ$1,912/mo11.6%very comfortable
Paterson, NJ$1,941/mo11.8%very comfortable
Washington, NJ$1,954/mo11.9%very comfortable
Lumberton Township, NJ$1,974/mo12%very comfortable
Phillipsburg, NJ$2,000/mo12.1%very comfortable
Lakewood, NJ$2,021/mo12.3%very comfortable
Vineland, NJ$2,018/mo12.3%very comfortable
Mt Holly Township, NJ$2,024/mo12.3%very comfortable
Irvington, NJ$2,038/mo12.4%very comfortable
Randolph, NJ$2,049/mo12.4%very comfortable
East Orange, NJ$2,068/mo12.6%very comfortable
Woodbury, NJ$2,069/mo12.6%very comfortable
Passaic, NJ$2,097/mo12.7%very comfortable
Plainsboro, NJ$2,097/mo12.7%very comfortable
North Plainfield, NJ$2,113/mo12.8%very comfortable
Ridgefield Park, NJ$2,109/mo12.8%very comfortable
Newark, NJ$2,130/mo12.9%very comfortable
Bound Brook, NJ$2,118/mo12.9%very comfortable
Burlington Township, NJ$2,124/mo12.9%very comfortable
Trenton, NJ$2,139/mo13%very comfortable
Haddonfield, NJ$2,142/mo13%very comfortable
Ewing, NJ$2,142/mo13%very comfortable
Plainfield, NJ$2,174/mo13.2%very comfortable
Carlstadt, NJ$2,183/mo13.3%very comfortable
Nutley, NJ$2,183/mo13.3%very comfortable
Eatontown, NJ$2,217/mo13.5%very comfortable
Elizabeth, NJ$2,255/mo13.7%very comfortable
Sicklerville, NJ$2,272/mo13.8%very comfortable
Belleville, NJ$2,277/mo13.8%very comfortable
Hackettstown, NJ$2,296/mo13.9%very comfortable
Westampton Township, NJ$2,292/mo13.9%very comfortable
Mt Laurel Township, NJ$2,290/mo13.9%very comfortable
Kearny, NJ$2,301/mo14%very comfortable
North Arlington, NJ$2,316/mo14.1%very comfortable
Budd Lake, NJ$2,324/mo14.1%very comfortable
Cherry Hill, NJ$2,320/mo14.1%very comfortable
Egg Harbor Township, NJ$2,325/mo14.1%very comfortable
Linden, NJ$2,343/mo14.2%very comfortable
Lodi, NJ$2,343/mo14.2%very comfortable
Fairview, NJ$2,333/mo14.2%very comfortable
Bayonne, NJ$2,353/mo14.3%very comfortable
Pennsauken, NJ$2,369/mo14.4%very comfortable
Perth Amboy, NJ$2,394/mo14.5%very comfortable
Dover, NJ$2,396/mo14.5%very comfortable
Union City, NJ$2,421/mo14.7%very comfortable
Garfield, NJ$2,423/mo14.7%very comfortable
Highland Park, NJ$2,440/mo14.8%very comfortable
Tuckerton, NJ$2,434/mo14.8%very comfortable
Bloomfield, NJ$2,441/mo14.8%very comfortable
Guttenberg, NJ$2,451/mo14.9%very comfortable
Dunellen, NJ$2,455/mo14.9%very comfortable
Bordentown Township, NJ$2,448/mo14.9%very comfortable
Wayne, NJ$2,461/mo14.9%very comfortable
Seaside Heights, NJ$2,469/mo15%very comfortable
Evesham Township, NJ$2,476/mo15%very comfortable
Carteret, NJ$2,483/mo15.1%very comfortable
Somerville, NJ$2,480/mo15.1%very comfortable
Rahway, NJ$2,506/mo15.2%very comfortable
Elmwood Park, NJ$2,499/mo15.2%very comfortable
Avenel, NJ$2,500/mo15.2%very comfortable
Ventnor City, NJ$2,499/mo15.2%very comfortable
Caldwell, NJ$2,499/mo15.2%very comfortable
Union, NJ$2,518/mo15.3%very comfortable
Ridgefield, NJ$2,517/mo15.3%very comfortable
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ$2,549/mo15.5%very comfortable
Leonia, NJ$2,550/mo15.5%very comfortable
Raritan, NJ$2,553/mo15.5%very comfortable
Sewell, NJ$2,554/mo15.5%very comfortable
East Windsor Township, NJ$2,548/mo15.5%very comfortable
Roselle, NJ$2,565/mo15.6%very comfortable
Matawan, NJ$2,571/mo15.6%very comfortable
Harrison, NJ$2,589/mo15.7%very comfortable
Browns Mills, NJ$2,588/mo15.7%very comfortable
Flemington, NJ$2,590/mo15.7%very comfortable
Glassboro, NJ$2,603/mo15.8%very comfortable
Hackensack, NJ$2,627/mo15.9%very comfortable
Woodbridge, NJ$2,618/mo15.9%very comfortable
Monmouth Junction, NJ$2,612/mo15.9%very comfortable
East Brunswick, NJ$2,626/mo15.9%very comfortable
West Orange, NJ$2,625/mo15.9%very comfortable
West New York, NJ$2,635/mo16%very comfortable
Keansburg, NJ$2,633/mo16%very comfortable
Moorestown Township, NJ$2,632/mo16%very comfortable
Mount Arlington, NJ$2,654/mo16.1%very comfortable
Forked River, NJ$2,650/mo16.1%very comfortable
Clifton, NJ$2,668/mo16.2%very comfortable
Franklin Park, NJ$2,673/mo16.2%very comfortable
Rockaway, NJ$2,660/mo16.2%very comfortable
Brick, NJ$2,663/mo16.2%very comfortable
North Brunswick, NJ$2,670/mo16.2%very comfortable
Piscataway, NJ$2,669/mo16.2%very comfortable
Cliffside Park, NJ$2,689/mo16.3%very comfortable
Hawthorne, NJ$2,683/mo16.3%very comfortable
Atlantic Highlands, NJ$2,686/mo16.3%very comfortable
Barnegat, NJ$2,688/mo16.3%very comfortable
Lawrence Township, NJ$2,691/mo16.3%very comfortable
Springfield, NJ$2,694/mo16.4%very comfortable
Lyndhurst, NJ$2,709/mo16.4%very comfortable
Manalapan Township, NJ$2,697/mo16.4%very comfortable
Somerset, NJ$2,720/mo16.5%very comfortable
Maplewood, NJ$2,718/mo16.5%very comfortable
Willingboro Township, NJ$2,711/mo16.5%very comfortable
New Brunswick, NJ$2,726/mo16.6%very comfortable
Long Branch, NJ$2,753/mo16.7%very comfortable
Palisades Park, NJ$2,743/mo16.7%very comfortable
Teaneck, NJ$2,758/mo16.7%very comfortable
Secaucus, NJ$2,764/mo16.8%very comfortable
Annandale, NJ$2,768/mo16.8%very comfortable
Little Falls, NJ$2,764/mo16.8%very comfortable
Neptune Township, NJ$2,769/mo16.8%very comfortable
Toms River, NJ$2,797/mo17%very comfortable
South Plainfield, NJ$2,805/mo17%very comfortable
South Amboy, NJ$2,811/mo17.1%very comfortable
North Bergen Township, NJ$2,822/mo17.1%very comfortable
Parlin, NJ$2,824/mo17.1%very comfortable
North Haledon, NJ$2,855/mo17.3%very comfortable
Morristown, NJ$2,860/mo17.4%very comfortable
Asbury Park, NJ$2,872/mo17.4%very comfortable
Pine Brook, NJ$2,871/mo17.4%very comfortable
Edison, NJ$2,889/mo17.5%very comfortable
Iselin, NJ$2,905/mo17.6%very comfortable
Metuchen, NJ$2,894/mo17.6%very comfortable
Medford Township, NJ$2,892/mo17.6%very comfortable
Englewood, NJ$2,917/mo17.7%very comfortable
Freehold, NJ$2,913/mo17.7%very comfortable
Bedminster, NJ$2,913/mo17.7%very comfortable
Parsippany, NJ$2,925/mo17.8%very comfortable
Highlands, NJ$2,933/mo17.8%very comfortable
Monroe Township, NJ$2,927/mo17.8%very comfortable
Pennington, NJ$2,947/mo17.9%very comfortable
Boonton, NJ$2,963/mo18%very comfortable
Bergenfield, NJ$2,987/mo18.1%very comfortable
East Rutherford, NJ$3,002/mo18.2%very comfortable
Montville, NJ$3,000/mo18.2%very comfortable
Summit, NJ$3,006/mo18.3%very comfortable
Hillsborough Township, NJ$3,020/mo18.3%very comfortable
Montclair, NJ$3,021/mo18.3%very comfortable
Cranford, NJ$3,023/mo18.4%very comfortable
Bridgewater Township, NJ$3,027/mo18.4%very comfortable
Monmouth Beach, NJ$3,042/mo18.5%very comfortable
Old Bridge, NJ$3,100/mo18.8%very comfortable
Red Bank, NJ$3,095/mo18.8%very comfortable
Warren Township, NJ$3,091/mo18.8%very comfortable
Westwood, NJ$3,125/mo19%very comfortable
South Orange, NJ$3,138/mo19.1%very comfortable
Westfield, NJ$3,159/mo19.2%very comfortable
Mc Guire AFB, NJ$3,156/mo19.2%very comfortable
Jersey City, NJ$3,182/mo19.3%very comfortable
Park Ridge, NJ$3,213/mo19.5%very comfortable
Mahwah Township, NJ$3,216/mo19.5%very comfortable
Tinton Falls, NJ$3,251/mo19.7%very comfortable
Howell, NJ$3,241/mo19.7%very comfortable
Chatham, NJ$3,272/mo19.9%very comfortable
Ocean, NJ$3,291/mo20%very comfortable
Jackson, NJ$3,306/mo20.1%affordable
Middletown, NJ$3,325/mo20.2%affordable
Morganville, NJ$3,336/mo20.3%affordable
Lavallette, NJ$3,338/mo20.3%affordable
Madison, NJ$3,354/mo20.4%affordable
Berkeley Heights, NJ$3,354/mo20.4%affordable
Cedar Knolls, NJ$3,449/mo20.9%affordable
Branchburg Township, NJ$3,435/mo20.9%affordable
Princeton, NJ$3,461/mo21%affordable
East Hanover Township, NJ$3,487/mo21.2%affordable
Morris Plains, NJ$3,504/mo21.3%affordable
Fort Lee, NJ$3,565/mo21.6%affordable
Manasquan, NJ$3,750/mo22.8%affordable
Fair Lawn, NJ$3,772/mo22.9%affordable
Weehawken, NJ$3,793/mo23%affordable
Millburn, NJ$3,809/mo23.1%affordable
Oakhurst, NJ$3,850/mo23.4%affordable
Hoboken, NJ$3,941/mo23.9%affordable
Edgewater, NJ$4,035/mo24.5%affordable
Montvale, NJ$4,257/mo25.8%affordable
Livingston, NJ$4,354/mo26.4%affordable
Belmar, NJ$5,165/mo31.4%stretched
Spring Lake, NJ$5,642/mo34.3%stretched
Short Hills, NJ$6,365/mo38.6%stretched
Cresskill, NJ$6,663/mo40.5%rent-burdened
Margate City, NJ$6,862/mo41.7%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).