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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. 198 of 199 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 1 are rent-burdened on this salary.

City↕Median rent↕% of income↑Affordability
Millville, NJ$1,615/mo9.8%very comfortable
Collingswood, NJ$1,610/mo9.8%very comfortable
Salem, NJ$1,650/mo10%very comfortable
Bellmawr, NJ$1,672/mo10.2%very comfortable
Gloucester City, NJ$1,741/mo10.6%very comfortable
Vineland, NJ$1,764/mo10.7%very comfortable
Maple Shade Township, NJ$1,766/mo10.7%very comfortable
West Deptford Township, NJ$1,762/mo10.7%very comfortable
Camden, NJ$1,787/mo10.8%very comfortable
Blackwood, NJ$1,773/mo10.8%very comfortable
Atlantic City, NJ$1,812/mo11%very comfortable
Clementon, NJ$1,853/mo11.3%very comfortable
Margate City, NJ$1,858/mo11.3%very comfortable
Wildwood, NJ$1,875/mo11.4%very comfortable
Edgewater Park Township, NJ$1,883/mo11.4%very comfortable
Paterson, NJ$1,889/mo11.5%very comfortable
Audubon, NJ$1,902/mo11.5%very comfortable
Voorhees Township, NJ$1,919/mo11.7%very comfortable
Irvington, NJ$1,939/mo11.8%very comfortable
Somerdale, NJ$1,959/mo11.9%very comfortable
Orange, NJ$1,968/mo11.9%very comfortable
Ventnor City, NJ$1,973/mo12%very comfortable
Mt Holly Township, NJ$1,984/mo12%very comfortable
East Orange, NJ$1,994/mo12.1%very comfortable
Pleasantville, NJ$2,001/mo12.1%very comfortable
Phillipsburg, NJ$1,988/mo12.1%very comfortable
Washington, NJ$2,008/mo12.2%very comfortable
Trenton, NJ$2,030/mo12.3%very comfortable
Haddonfield, NJ$2,035/mo12.4%very comfortable
Eastampton Township, NJ$2,045/mo12.4%very comfortable
Passaic, NJ$2,055/mo12.5%very comfortable
Lavallette, NJ$2,067/mo12.5%very comfortable
Bound Brook, NJ$2,070/mo12.6%very comfortable
Woodbury, NJ$2,097/mo12.7%very comfortable
Newark, NJ$2,111/mo12.8%very comfortable
Kearny, NJ$2,108/mo12.8%very comfortable
Seaside Heights, NJ$2,123/mo12.9%very comfortable
Lumberton Township, NJ$2,165/mo13.1%very comfortable
Plainsboro, NJ$2,165/mo13.1%very comfortable
Highlands, NJ$2,181/mo13.2%very comfortable
Plainfield, NJ$2,191/mo13.3%very comfortable
Elizabeth, NJ$2,230/mo13.5%very comfortable
North Plainfield, NJ$2,220/mo13.5%very comfortable
Randolph, NJ$2,241/mo13.6%very comfortable
Eatontown, NJ$2,256/mo13.7%very comfortable
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ$2,259/mo13.7%very comfortable
Burlington Township, NJ$2,257/mo13.7%very comfortable
Cherry Hill, NJ$2,258/mo13.7%very comfortable
Avenel, NJ$2,277/mo13.8%very comfortable
Somerville, NJ$2,270/mo13.8%very comfortable
Lakewood, NJ$2,288/mo13.9%very comfortable
Ewing, NJ$2,293/mo13.9%very comfortable
Budd Lake, NJ$2,299/mo14%very comfortable
Newton, NJ$2,311/mo14%very comfortable
Ridgefield Park, NJ$2,325/mo14.1%very comfortable
Tuckerton, NJ$2,330/mo14.1%very comfortable
Belleville, NJ$2,317/mo14.1%very comfortable
Bayonne, NJ$2,342/mo14.2%very comfortable
Union City, NJ$2,343/mo14.2%very comfortable
Dover, NJ$2,342/mo14.2%very comfortable
Nutley, NJ$2,347/mo14.2%very comfortable
Sicklerville, NJ$2,361/mo14.3%very comfortable
Moorestown Township, NJ$2,352/mo14.3%very comfortable
Bordentown Township, NJ$2,375/mo14.4%very comfortable
Keansburg, NJ$2,385/mo14.5%very comfortable
Lodi, NJ$2,408/mo14.6%very comfortable
Mt Laurel Township, NJ$2,404/mo14.6%very comfortable
Dunellen, NJ$2,418/mo14.7%very comfortable
Pennsauken, NJ$2,427/mo14.7%very comfortable
Bloomfield, NJ$2,418/mo14.7%very comfortable
Garfield, NJ$2,433/mo14.8%very comfortable
Carteret, NJ$2,430/mo14.8%very comfortable
Guttenberg, NJ$2,436/mo14.8%very comfortable
Medford Township, NJ$2,441/mo14.8%very comfortable
North Arlington, NJ$2,462/mo14.9%very comfortable
Highland Park, NJ$2,447/mo14.9%very comfortable
Browns Mills, NJ$2,462/mo14.9%very comfortable
Evesham Township, NJ$2,461/mo14.9%very comfortable
Neptune Township, NJ$2,461/mo14.9%very comfortable
Linden, NJ$2,468/mo15%very comfortable
Rahway, NJ$2,472/mo15%very comfortable
Woodbridge, NJ$2,464/mo15%very comfortable
Carlstadt, NJ$2,475/mo15%very comfortable
Sewell, NJ$2,474/mo15%very comfortable
Roselle, NJ$2,495/mo15.1%very comfortable
Elmwood Park, NJ$2,481/mo15.1%very comfortable
Monmouth Junction, NJ$2,486/mo15.1%very comfortable
Fairview, NJ$2,481/mo15.1%very comfortable
South Amboy, NJ$2,500/mo15.2%very comfortable
Egg Harbor Township, NJ$2,499/mo15.2%very comfortable
Boonton, NJ$2,523/mo15.3%very comfortable
Raritan, NJ$2,525/mo15.3%very comfortable
Oakhurst, NJ$2,517/mo15.3%very comfortable
North Brunswick, NJ$2,527/mo15.3%very comfortable
Perth Amboy, NJ$2,540/mo15.4%very comfortable
Hackettstown, NJ$2,544/mo15.4%very comfortable
West New York, NJ$2,547/mo15.5%very comfortable
Leonia, NJ$2,550/mo15.5%very comfortable
Westampton Township, NJ$2,569/mo15.6%very comfortable
Lawrence Township, NJ$2,572/mo15.6%very comfortable
Union, NJ$2,589/mo15.7%very comfortable
Clifton, NJ$2,605/mo15.8%very comfortable
Hawthorne, NJ$2,607/mo15.8%very comfortable
East Windsor Township, NJ$2,599/mo15.8%very comfortable
Lyndhurst, NJ$2,603/mo15.8%very comfortable
Manalapan Township, NJ$2,604/mo15.8%very comfortable
Iselin, NJ$2,614/mo15.9%very comfortable
Franklin Park, NJ$2,613/mo15.9%very comfortable
Springfield, NJ$2,617/mo15.9%very comfortable
Piscataway, NJ$2,636/mo16%very comfortable
South Plainfield, NJ$2,651/mo16.1%very comfortable
Somerset, NJ$2,648/mo16.1%very comfortable
Harrison, NJ$2,663/mo16.2%very comfortable
Flemington, NJ$2,676/mo16.2%very comfortable
Long Branch, NJ$2,678/mo16.3%very comfortable
Asbury Park, NJ$2,684/mo16.3%very comfortable
Barnegat, NJ$2,688/mo16.3%very comfortable
Monroe Township, NJ$2,709/mo16.4%very comfortable
Hackensack, NJ$2,723/mo16.5%very comfortable
Ridgefield, NJ$2,719/mo16.5%very comfortable
Matawan, NJ$2,711/mo16.5%very comfortable
Brick, NJ$2,718/mo16.5%very comfortable
Westwood, NJ$2,734/mo16.6%very comfortable
Glassboro, NJ$2,749/mo16.7%very comfortable
East Brunswick, NJ$2,751/mo16.7%very comfortable
Metuchen, NJ$2,773/mo16.8%very comfortable
Annandale, NJ$2,768/mo16.8%very comfortable
Caldwell, NJ$2,788/mo16.9%very comfortable
Mount Arlington, NJ$2,781/mo16.9%very comfortable
Edison, NJ$2,787/mo16.9%very comfortable
Forked River, NJ$2,800/mo17%very comfortable
New Brunswick, NJ$2,820/mo17.1%very comfortable
Belmar, NJ$2,818/mo17.1%very comfortable
Bedminster, NJ$2,817/mo17.1%very comfortable
Hillsborough Township, NJ$2,818/mo17.1%very comfortable
Parsippany, NJ$2,832/mo17.2%very comfortable
East Rutherford, NJ$2,828/mo17.2%very comfortable
Pine Brook, NJ$2,847/mo17.3%very comfortable
Manasquan, NJ$2,859/mo17.4%very comfortable
North Bergen Township, NJ$2,869/mo17.4%very comfortable
Atlantic Highlands, NJ$2,889/mo17.5%very comfortable
Maplewood, NJ$2,875/mo17.5%very comfortable
Wayne, NJ$2,877/mo17.5%very comfortable
Old Bridge, NJ$2,897/mo17.6%very comfortable
Freehold, NJ$2,901/mo17.6%very comfortable
West Orange, NJ$2,920/mo17.7%very comfortable
Mahwah Township, NJ$2,944/mo17.9%very comfortable
Willingboro Township, NJ$2,944/mo17.9%very comfortable
Little Falls, NJ$2,958/mo18%very comfortable
Westfield, NJ$2,973/mo18.1%very comfortable
Bergenfield, NJ$2,987/mo18.1%very comfortable
Summit, NJ$2,977/mo18.1%very comfortable
Bridgewater Township, NJ$2,988/mo18.1%very comfortable
Englewood, NJ$2,999/mo18.2%very comfortable
Pennington, NJ$3,020/mo18.3%very comfortable
Parlin, NJ$3,014/mo18.3%very comfortable
Toms River, NJ$3,026/mo18.4%very comfortable
Montvale, NJ$3,024/mo18.4%very comfortable
Cliffside Park, NJ$3,041/mo18.5%very comfortable
Park Ridge, NJ$3,041/mo18.5%very comfortable
Montville, NJ$3,054/mo18.5%very comfortable
Secaucus, NJ$3,058/mo18.6%very comfortable
Jersey City, NJ$3,101/mo18.8%very comfortable
South Orange, NJ$3,094/mo18.8%very comfortable
Morristown, NJ$3,119/mo18.9%very comfortable
Chatham, NJ$3,106/mo18.9%very comfortable
Cranford, NJ$3,119/mo18.9%very comfortable
Montclair, NJ$3,114/mo18.9%very comfortable
Mc Guire AFB, NJ$3,156/mo19.2%very comfortable
Howell, NJ$3,171/mo19.3%very comfortable
Cedar Knolls, NJ$3,195/mo19.4%very comfortable
Monmouth Beach, NJ$3,206/mo19.5%very comfortable
Middletown, NJ$3,213/mo19.5%very comfortable
Millburn, NJ$3,221/mo19.6%very comfortable
North Haledon, NJ$3,241/mo19.7%very comfortable
Red Bank, NJ$3,256/mo19.8%very comfortable
Jackson, NJ$3,281/mo19.9%very comfortable
Tinton Falls, NJ$3,294/mo20%very comfortable
Spring Lake, NJ$3,288/mo20%very comfortable
Teaneck, NJ$3,297/mo20%affordable
Palisades Park, NJ$3,320/mo20.2%affordable
Rockaway, NJ$3,325/mo20.2%affordable
Warren Township, NJ$3,328/mo20.2%affordable
Princeton, NJ$3,350/mo20.3%affordable
Berkeley Heights, NJ$3,336/mo20.3%affordable
East Hanover Township, NJ$3,363/mo20.4%affordable
Madison, NJ$3,423/mo20.8%affordable
Branchburg Township, NJ$3,435/mo20.9%affordable
Morganville, NJ$3,464/mo21%affordable
Ocean, NJ$3,485/mo21.2%affordable
Morris Plains, NJ$3,565/mo21.6%affordable
Fair Lawn, NJ$3,606/mo21.9%affordable
Edgewater, NJ$3,628/mo22%affordable
Fort Lee, NJ$3,792/mo23%affordable
Weehawken, NJ$3,854/mo23.4%affordable
Hoboken, NJ$4,005/mo24.3%affordable
Livingston, NJ$4,260/mo25.9%affordable
Cresskill, NJ$4,800/mo29.1%affordable
Short Hills, NJ$7,203/mo43.7%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).