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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. 195 of 199 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 4 are rent-burdened on this salary.

City↕Median rent↕% of income↑Affordability
Collingswood, NJ$1,588/mo9.6%very comfortable
Millville, NJ$1,652/mo10%very comfortable
Bellmawr, NJ$1,674/mo10.2%very comfortable
Gloucester City, NJ$1,680/mo10.2%very comfortable
West Deptford Township, NJ$1,721/mo10.4%very comfortable
Audubon, NJ$1,735/mo10.5%very comfortable
Maple Shade Township, NJ$1,723/mo10.5%very comfortable
Somerdale, NJ$1,738/mo10.6%very comfortable
Camden, NJ$1,786/mo10.8%very comfortable
Salem, NJ$1,775/mo10.8%very comfortable
Atlantic City, NJ$1,789/mo10.9%very comfortable
Edgewater Park Township, NJ$1,811/mo11%very comfortable
Clementon, NJ$1,849/mo11.2%very comfortable
Paterson, NJ$1,864/mo11.3%very comfortable
Wildwood, NJ$1,900/mo11.5%very comfortable
Voorhees Township, NJ$1,890/mo11.5%very comfortable
Washington, NJ$1,903/mo11.6%very comfortable
Pleasantville, NJ$1,968/mo11.9%very comfortable
Vineland, NJ$1,974/mo12%very comfortable
Blackwood, NJ$1,980/mo12%very comfortable
Mt Holly Township, NJ$1,972/mo12%very comfortable
Phillipsburg, NJ$1,997/mo12.1%very comfortable
Newton, NJ$1,986/mo12.1%very comfortable
Lavallette, NJ$2,000/mo12.1%very comfortable
Orange, NJ$1,991/mo12.1%very comfortable
East Orange, NJ$2,008/mo12.2%very comfortable
Irvington, NJ$2,002/mo12.2%very comfortable
Woodbury, NJ$2,023/mo12.3%very comfortable
Randolph, NJ$2,025/mo12.3%very comfortable
Trenton, NJ$2,045/mo12.4%very comfortable
Lumberton Township, NJ$2,040/mo12.4%very comfortable
Passaic, NJ$2,077/mo12.6%very comfortable
Eastampton Township, NJ$2,072/mo12.6%very comfortable
North Plainfield, NJ$2,100/mo12.8%very comfortable
Newark, NJ$2,123/mo12.9%very comfortable
Haddonfield, NJ$2,122/mo12.9%very comfortable
Bound Brook, NJ$2,128/mo12.9%very comfortable
Plainsboro, NJ$2,131/mo12.9%very comfortable
Lakewood, NJ$2,137/mo13%very comfortable
Burlington Township, NJ$2,135/mo13%very comfortable
Ridgefield Park, NJ$2,161/mo13.1%very comfortable
Plainfield, NJ$2,170/mo13.2%very comfortable
Kearny, NJ$2,168/mo13.2%very comfortable
Ewing, NJ$2,180/mo13.2%very comfortable
Eatontown, NJ$2,199/mo13.4%very comfortable
Nutley, NJ$2,217/mo13.5%very comfortable
Elizabeth, NJ$2,261/mo13.7%very comfortable
Budd Lake, NJ$2,252/mo13.7%very comfortable
Fairview, NJ$2,250/mo13.7%very comfortable
Egg Harbor Township, NJ$2,263/mo13.7%very comfortable
Cherry Hill, NJ$2,292/mo13.9%very comfortable
North Arlington, NJ$2,316/mo14.1%very comfortable
Belleville, NJ$2,328/mo14.1%very comfortable
Dover, NJ$2,335/mo14.2%very comfortable
Pennsauken, NJ$2,335/mo14.2%very comfortable
Mt Laurel Township, NJ$2,336/mo14.2%very comfortable
Perth Amboy, NJ$2,361/mo14.3%very comfortable
Lodi, NJ$2,349/mo14.3%very comfortable
Sicklerville, NJ$2,376/mo14.4%very comfortable
Seaside Heights, NJ$2,375/mo14.4%very comfortable
Bayonne, NJ$2,387/mo14.5%very comfortable
Highland Park, NJ$2,393/mo14.5%very comfortable
Union City, NJ$2,411/mo14.6%very comfortable
Bloomfield, NJ$2,397/mo14.6%very comfortable
Guttenberg, NJ$2,425/mo14.7%very comfortable
Dunellen, NJ$2,418/mo14.7%very comfortable
Westampton Township, NJ$2,423/mo14.7%very comfortable
Hackettstown, NJ$2,432/mo14.8%very comfortable
Medford Township, NJ$2,441/mo14.8%very comfortable
Carteret, NJ$2,457/mo14.9%very comfortable
Tuckerton, NJ$2,451/mo14.9%very comfortable
Bordentown Township, NJ$2,446/mo14.9%very comfortable
Garfield, NJ$2,469/mo15%very comfortable
Manalapan Township, NJ$2,465/mo15%very comfortable
Linden, NJ$2,481/mo15.1%very comfortable
Rahway, NJ$2,490/mo15.1%very comfortable
East Windsor Township, NJ$2,486/mo15.1%very comfortable
Glassboro, NJ$2,501/mo15.2%very comfortable
Avenel, NJ$2,498/mo15.2%very comfortable
Ventnor City, NJ$2,496/mo15.2%very comfortable
Raritan, NJ$2,500/mo15.2%very comfortable
Somerville, NJ$2,524/mo15.3%very comfortable
Monmouth Junction, NJ$2,528/mo15.3%very comfortable
Evesham Township, NJ$2,523/mo15.3%very comfortable
West New York, NJ$2,537/mo15.4%very comfortable
Ridgefield, NJ$2,543/mo15.4%very comfortable
Moorestown Township, NJ$2,537/mo15.4%very comfortable
Wayne, NJ$2,536/mo15.4%very comfortable
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ$2,549/mo15.5%very comfortable
Leonia, NJ$2,550/mo15.5%very comfortable
Roselle, NJ$2,574/mo15.6%very comfortable
Elmwood Park, NJ$2,564/mo15.6%very comfortable
Keansburg, NJ$2,567/mo15.6%very comfortable
Woodbridge, NJ$2,592/mo15.7%very comfortable
Browns Mills, NJ$2,588/mo15.7%very comfortable
Union, NJ$2,609/mo15.8%very comfortable
Matawan, NJ$2,606/mo15.8%very comfortable
Flemington, NJ$2,607/mo15.8%very comfortable
North Brunswick, NJ$2,608/mo15.8%very comfortable
Harrison, NJ$2,624/mo15.9%very comfortable
Franklin Park, NJ$2,613/mo15.9%very comfortable
Sewell, NJ$2,614/mo15.9%very comfortable
Brick, NJ$2,622/mo15.9%very comfortable
Piscataway, NJ$2,625/mo15.9%very comfortable
Clifton, NJ$2,657/mo16.1%very comfortable
Forked River, NJ$2,650/mo16.1%very comfortable
Little Falls, NJ$2,654/mo16.1%very comfortable
East Brunswick, NJ$2,644/mo16.1%very comfortable
Lawrence Township, NJ$2,655/mo16.1%very comfortable
Lyndhurst, NJ$2,652/mo16.1%very comfortable
Palisades Park, NJ$2,675/mo16.2%very comfortable
Hawthorne, NJ$2,670/mo16.2%very comfortable
Mount Arlington, NJ$2,671/mo16.2%very comfortable
South Plainfield, NJ$2,677/mo16.3%very comfortable
Barnegat, NJ$2,688/mo16.3%very comfortable
Carlstadt, NJ$2,700/mo16.4%very comfortable
Monroe Township, NJ$2,709/mo16.4%very comfortable
Hackensack, NJ$2,720/mo16.5%very comfortable
Somerset, NJ$2,718/mo16.5%very comfortable
Iselin, NJ$2,721/mo16.5%very comfortable
Metuchen, NJ$2,725/mo16.5%very comfortable
New Brunswick, NJ$2,735/mo16.6%very comfortable
Springfield, NJ$2,727/mo16.6%very comfortable
Neptune Township, NJ$2,728/mo16.6%very comfortable
Long Branch, NJ$2,743/mo16.7%very comfortable
South Amboy, NJ$2,770/mo16.8%very comfortable
Annandale, NJ$2,768/mo16.8%very comfortable
Maplewood, NJ$2,799/mo17%very comfortable
Willingboro Township, NJ$2,794/mo17%very comfortable
Cliffside Park, NJ$2,815/mo17.1%very comfortable
Englewood, NJ$2,836/mo17.2%very comfortable
Parsippany, NJ$2,825/mo17.2%very comfortable
Asbury Park, NJ$2,841/mo17.2%very comfortable
Edison, NJ$2,832/mo17.2%very comfortable
Atlantic Highlands, NJ$2,856/mo17.3%very comfortable
Old Bridge, NJ$2,864/mo17.4%very comfortable
Secaucus, NJ$2,862/mo17.4%very comfortable
Freehold, NJ$2,882/mo17.5%very comfortable
West Orange, NJ$2,877/mo17.5%very comfortable
Caldwell, NJ$2,900/mo17.6%very comfortable
Pine Brook, NJ$2,901/mo17.6%very comfortable
Cranford, NJ$2,899/mo17.6%very comfortable
North Bergen Township, NJ$2,894/mo17.6%very comfortable
Bedminster, NJ$2,922/mo17.7%very comfortable
Morristown, NJ$2,927/mo17.8%very comfortable
Boonton, NJ$2,933/mo17.8%very comfortable
Highlands, NJ$2,933/mo17.8%very comfortable
Hillsborough Township, NJ$2,925/mo17.8%very comfortable
Teaneck, NJ$2,934/mo17.8%very comfortable
Parlin, NJ$2,956/mo17.9%very comfortable
Toms River, NJ$2,978/mo18.1%very comfortable
Bergenfield, NJ$2,987/mo18.1%very comfortable
Rockaway, NJ$2,980/mo18.1%very comfortable
South Orange, NJ$2,977/mo18.1%very comfortable
Bridgewater Township, NJ$2,994/mo18.2%very comfortable
Montclair, NJ$2,997/mo18.2%very comfortable
Summit, NJ$3,025/mo18.4%very comfortable
East Rutherford, NJ$3,040/mo18.5%very comfortable
Margate City, NJ$3,051/mo18.5%very comfortable
Pennington, NJ$3,053/mo18.5%very comfortable
Montville, NJ$3,062/mo18.6%very comfortable
Park Ridge, NJ$3,139/mo19.1%very comfortable
Westwood, NJ$3,156/mo19.2%very comfortable
North Haledon, NJ$3,164/mo19.2%very comfortable
Mc Guire AFB, NJ$3,156/mo19.2%very comfortable
Mahwah Township, NJ$3,200/mo19.4%very comfortable
Jersey City, NJ$3,208/mo19.5%very comfortable
Monmouth Beach, NJ$3,206/mo19.5%very comfortable
Red Bank, NJ$3,232/mo19.6%very comfortable
Howell, NJ$3,241/mo19.7%very comfortable
Tinton Falls, NJ$3,281/mo19.9%very comfortable
Middletown, NJ$3,317/mo20.1%affordable
Warren Township, NJ$3,328/mo20.2%affordable
Westfield, NJ$3,364/mo20.4%affordable
Chatham, NJ$3,362/mo20.4%affordable
Berkeley Heights, NJ$3,357/mo20.4%affordable
East Hanover Township, NJ$3,366/mo20.4%affordable
Morganville, NJ$3,383/mo20.5%affordable
Oakhurst, NJ$3,383/mo20.5%affordable
Fair Lawn, NJ$3,385/mo20.6%affordable
Ocean, NJ$3,394/mo20.6%affordable
Jackson, NJ$3,411/mo20.7%affordable
Branchburg Township, NJ$3,435/mo20.9%affordable
Princeton, NJ$3,461/mo21%affordable
Manasquan, NJ$3,456/mo21%affordable
Madison, NJ$3,485/mo21.2%affordable
Cedar Knolls, NJ$3,491/mo21.2%affordable
Fort Lee, NJ$3,530/mo21.4%affordable
Morris Plains, NJ$3,541/mo21.5%affordable
Weehawken, NJ$3,848/mo23.4%affordable
Hoboken, NJ$3,961/mo24%affordable
Edgewater, NJ$3,962/mo24.1%affordable
Montvale, NJ$4,257/mo25.8%affordable
Livingston, NJ$4,364/mo26.5%affordable
Millburn, NJ$4,419/mo26.8%affordable
Belmar, NJ$5,044/mo30.6%stretched
Spring Lake, NJ$5,292/mo32.1%stretched
Cresskill, NJ$5,380/mo32.7%stretched
Short Hills, NJ$6,896/mo41.9%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).