Rent Affordability for A Physical Therapist in New Jersey
A typical physical therapist in New Jersey earns about $111,675 a year, which supports approximately $2,792 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. 129 of 199 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 70 are rent-burdened on this salary.
| City↕ | Median rent↕ | % of income↑ | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millville, NJ | $1,562/mo | 16.8% | very comfortable |
| Collingswood, NJ | $1,601/mo | 17.2% | very comfortable |
| Bellmawr, NJ | $1,662/mo | 17.9% | very comfortable |
| Maple Shade Township, NJ | $1,708/mo | 18.4% | very comfortable |
| Audubon, NJ | $1,735/mo | 18.6% | very comfortable |
| Somerdale, NJ | $1,736/mo | 18.7% | very comfortable |
| West Deptford Township, NJ | $1,742/mo | 18.7% | very comfortable |
| Clementon, NJ | $1,753/mo | 18.8% | very comfortable |
| Atlantic City, NJ | $1,765/mo | 19% | very comfortable |
| Salem, NJ | $1,775/mo | 19.1% | very comfortable |
| Edgewater Park Township, NJ | $1,798/mo | 19.3% | very comfortable |
| Camden, NJ | $1,811/mo | 19.5% | very comfortable |
| Newton, NJ | $1,811/mo | 19.5% | very comfortable |
| Gloucester City, NJ | $1,852/mo | 19.9% | very comfortable |
| Eastampton Township, NJ | $1,881/mo | 20.2% | affordable |
| Voorhees Township, NJ | $1,882/mo | 20.2% | affordable |
| Wildwood, NJ | $1,900/mo | 20.4% | affordable |
| Blackwood, NJ | $1,900/mo | 20.4% | affordable |
| Orange, NJ | $1,912/mo | 20.5% | affordable |
| Pleasantville, NJ | $1,917/mo | 20.6% | affordable |
| Paterson, NJ | $1,941/mo | 20.9% | affordable |
| Washington, NJ | $1,954/mo | 21% | affordable |
| Lumberton Township, NJ | $1,974/mo | 21.2% | affordable |
| Phillipsburg, NJ | $2,000/mo | 21.5% | affordable |
| Lakewood, NJ | $2,021/mo | 21.7% | affordable |
| Vineland, NJ | $2,018/mo | 21.7% | affordable |
| Mt Holly Township, NJ | $2,024/mo | 21.7% | affordable |
| Irvington, NJ | $2,038/mo | 21.9% | affordable |
| Randolph, NJ | $2,049/mo | 22% | affordable |
| East Orange, NJ | $2,068/mo | 22.2% | affordable |
| Woodbury, NJ | $2,069/mo | 22.2% | affordable |
| Passaic, NJ | $2,097/mo | 22.5% | affordable |
| Plainsboro, NJ | $2,097/mo | 22.5% | affordable |
| North Plainfield, NJ | $2,113/mo | 22.7% | affordable |
| Ridgefield Park, NJ | $2,109/mo | 22.7% | affordable |
| Bound Brook, NJ | $2,118/mo | 22.8% | affordable |
| Burlington Township, NJ | $2,124/mo | 22.8% | affordable |
| Newark, NJ | $2,130/mo | 22.9% | affordable |
| Trenton, NJ | $2,139/mo | 23% | affordable |
| Haddonfield, NJ | $2,142/mo | 23% | affordable |
| Ewing, NJ | $2,142/mo | 23% | affordable |
| Plainfield, NJ | $2,174/mo | 23.4% | affordable |
| Carlstadt, NJ | $2,183/mo | 23.5% | affordable |
| Nutley, NJ | $2,183/mo | 23.5% | affordable |
| Eatontown, NJ | $2,217/mo | 23.8% | affordable |
| Elizabeth, NJ | $2,255/mo | 24.2% | affordable |
| Sicklerville, NJ | $2,272/mo | 24.4% | affordable |
| Belleville, NJ | $2,277/mo | 24.5% | affordable |
| Westampton Township, NJ | $2,292/mo | 24.6% | affordable |
| Mt Laurel Township, NJ | $2,290/mo | 24.6% | affordable |
| Kearny, NJ | $2,301/mo | 24.7% | affordable |
| Hackettstown, NJ | $2,296/mo | 24.7% | affordable |
| North Arlington, NJ | $2,316/mo | 24.9% | affordable |
| Cherry Hill, NJ | $2,320/mo | 24.9% | affordable |
| Budd Lake, NJ | $2,324/mo | 25% | affordable |
| Egg Harbor Township, NJ | $2,325/mo | 25% | affordable |
| Fairview, NJ | $2,333/mo | 25.1% | affordable |
| Linden, NJ | $2,343/mo | 25.2% | affordable |
| Lodi, NJ | $2,343/mo | 25.2% | affordable |
| Bayonne, NJ | $2,353/mo | 25.3% | affordable |
| Pennsauken, NJ | $2,369/mo | 25.5% | affordable |
| Perth Amboy, NJ | $2,394/mo | 25.7% | affordable |
| Dover, NJ | $2,396/mo | 25.7% | affordable |
| Union City, NJ | $2,421/mo | 26% | affordable |
| Garfield, NJ | $2,423/mo | 26% | affordable |
| Highland Park, NJ | $2,440/mo | 26.2% | affordable |
| Tuckerton, NJ | $2,434/mo | 26.2% | affordable |
| Bloomfield, NJ | $2,441/mo | 26.2% | affordable |
| Guttenberg, NJ | $2,451/mo | 26.3% | affordable |
| Bordentown Township, NJ | $2,448/mo | 26.3% | affordable |
| Dunellen, NJ | $2,455/mo | 26.4% | affordable |
| Wayne, NJ | $2,461/mo | 26.4% | affordable |
| Seaside Heights, NJ | $2,469/mo | 26.5% | affordable |
| Somerville, NJ | $2,480/mo | 26.6% | affordable |
| Evesham Township, NJ | $2,476/mo | 26.6% | affordable |
| Carteret, NJ | $2,483/mo | 26.7% | affordable |
| Rahway, NJ | $2,506/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Elmwood Park, NJ | $2,499/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Avenel, NJ | $2,500/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Ventnor City, NJ | $2,499/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Caldwell, NJ | $2,499/mo | 26.9% | affordable |
| Ridgefield, NJ | $2,517/mo | 27% | affordable |
| Union, NJ | $2,518/mo | 27.1% | affordable |
| Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | $2,549/mo | 27.4% | affordable |
| Leonia, NJ | $2,550/mo | 27.4% | affordable |
| Raritan, NJ | $2,553/mo | 27.4% | affordable |
| Sewell, NJ | $2,554/mo | 27.4% | affordable |
| East Windsor Township, NJ | $2,548/mo | 27.4% | affordable |
| Roselle, NJ | $2,565/mo | 27.6% | affordable |
| Matawan, NJ | $2,571/mo | 27.6% | affordable |
| Harrison, NJ | $2,589/mo | 27.8% | affordable |
| Browns Mills, NJ | $2,588/mo | 27.8% | affordable |
| Flemington, NJ | $2,590/mo | 27.8% | affordable |
| Glassboro, NJ | $2,603/mo | 28% | affordable |
| Woodbridge, NJ | $2,618/mo | 28.1% | affordable |
| Monmouth Junction, NJ | $2,612/mo | 28.1% | affordable |
| Hackensack, NJ | $2,627/mo | 28.2% | affordable |
| East Brunswick, NJ | $2,626/mo | 28.2% | affordable |
| West Orange, NJ | $2,625/mo | 28.2% | affordable |
| West New York, NJ | $2,635/mo | 28.3% | affordable |
| Keansburg, NJ | $2,633/mo | 28.3% | affordable |
| Moorestown Township, NJ | $2,632/mo | 28.3% | affordable |
| Mount Arlington, NJ | $2,654/mo | 28.5% | affordable |
| Forked River, NJ | $2,650/mo | 28.5% | affordable |
| Rockaway, NJ | $2,660/mo | 28.6% | affordable |
| Brick, NJ | $2,663/mo | 28.6% | affordable |
| Clifton, NJ | $2,668/mo | 28.7% | affordable |
| Franklin Park, NJ | $2,673/mo | 28.7% | affordable |
| North Brunswick, NJ | $2,670/mo | 28.7% | affordable |
| Piscataway, NJ | $2,669/mo | 28.7% | affordable |
| Hawthorne, NJ | $2,683/mo | 28.8% | affordable |
| Cliffside Park, NJ | $2,689/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Atlantic Highlands, NJ | $2,686/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Barnegat, NJ | $2,688/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Springfield, NJ | $2,694/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Lawrence Township, NJ | $2,691/mo | 28.9% | affordable |
| Manalapan Township, NJ | $2,697/mo | 29% | affordable |
| Lyndhurst, NJ | $2,709/mo | 29.1% | affordable |
| Willingboro Township, NJ | $2,711/mo | 29.1% | affordable |
| Somerset, NJ | $2,720/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| Maplewood, NJ | $2,718/mo | 29.2% | affordable |
| New Brunswick, NJ | $2,726/mo | 29.3% | affordable |
| Palisades Park, NJ | $2,743/mo | 29.5% | affordable |
| Long Branch, NJ | $2,753/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Teaneck, NJ | $2,758/mo | 29.6% | affordable |
| Secaucus, NJ | $2,764/mo | 29.7% | affordable |
| Annandale, NJ | $2,768/mo | 29.7% | affordable |
| Little Falls, NJ | $2,764/mo | 29.7% | affordable |
| Neptune Township, NJ | $2,769/mo | 29.8% | affordable |
| Toms River, NJ | $2,797/mo | 30.1% | stretched |
| South Plainfield, NJ | $2,805/mo | 30.1% | stretched |
| South Amboy, NJ | $2,811/mo | 30.2% | stretched |
| North Bergen Township, NJ | $2,822/mo | 30.3% | stretched |
| Parlin, NJ | $2,824/mo | 30.3% | stretched |
| Morristown, NJ | $2,860/mo | 30.7% | stretched |
| North Haledon, NJ | $2,855/mo | 30.7% | stretched |
| Asbury Park, NJ | $2,872/mo | 30.9% | stretched |
| Pine Brook, NJ | $2,871/mo | 30.9% | stretched |
| Edison, NJ | $2,889/mo | 31% | stretched |
| Metuchen, NJ | $2,894/mo | 31.1% | stretched |
| Medford Township, NJ | $2,892/mo | 31.1% | stretched |
| Iselin, NJ | $2,905/mo | 31.2% | stretched |
| Englewood, NJ | $2,917/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| Freehold, NJ | $2,913/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| Bedminster, NJ | $2,913/mo | 31.3% | stretched |
| Parsippany, NJ | $2,925/mo | 31.4% | stretched |
| Highlands, NJ | $2,933/mo | 31.5% | stretched |
| Monroe Township, NJ | $2,927/mo | 31.5% | stretched |
| Pennington, NJ | $2,947/mo | 31.7% | stretched |
| Boonton, NJ | $2,963/mo | 31.8% | stretched |
| Bergenfield, NJ | $2,987/mo | 32.1% | stretched |
| Montville, NJ | $3,000/mo | 32.2% | stretched |
| Summit, NJ | $3,006/mo | 32.3% | stretched |
| East Rutherford, NJ | $3,002/mo | 32.3% | stretched |
| Cranford, NJ | $3,023/mo | 32.5% | stretched |
| Bridgewater Township, NJ | $3,027/mo | 32.5% | stretched |
| Hillsborough Township, NJ | $3,020/mo | 32.5% | stretched |
| Montclair, NJ | $3,021/mo | 32.5% | stretched |
| Monmouth Beach, NJ | $3,042/mo | 32.7% | stretched |
| Warren Township, NJ | $3,091/mo | 33.2% | stretched |
| Old Bridge, NJ | $3,100/mo | 33.3% | stretched |
| Red Bank, NJ | $3,095/mo | 33.3% | stretched |
| Westwood, NJ | $3,125/mo | 33.6% | stretched |
| South Orange, NJ | $3,138/mo | 33.7% | stretched |
| Westfield, NJ | $3,159/mo | 33.9% | stretched |
| Mc Guire AFB, NJ | $3,156/mo | 33.9% | stretched |
| Jersey City, NJ | $3,182/mo | 34.2% | stretched |
| Park Ridge, NJ | $3,213/mo | 34.5% | stretched |
| Mahwah Township, NJ | $3,216/mo | 34.6% | stretched |
| Howell, NJ | $3,241/mo | 34.8% | stretched |
| Tinton Falls, NJ | $3,251/mo | 34.9% | stretched |
| Chatham, NJ | $3,272/mo | 35.2% | stretched |
| Ocean, NJ | $3,291/mo | 35.4% | stretched |
| Jackson, NJ | $3,306/mo | 35.5% | stretched |
| Middletown, NJ | $3,325/mo | 35.7% | stretched |
| Morganville, NJ | $3,336/mo | 35.8% | stretched |
| Lavallette, NJ | $3,338/mo | 35.9% | stretched |
| Madison, NJ | $3,354/mo | 36% | stretched |
| Berkeley Heights, NJ | $3,354/mo | 36% | stretched |
| Branchburg Township, NJ | $3,435/mo | 36.9% | stretched |
| Cedar Knolls, NJ | $3,449/mo | 37.1% | stretched |
| Princeton, NJ | $3,461/mo | 37.2% | stretched |
| East Hanover Township, NJ | $3,487/mo | 37.5% | stretched |
| Morris Plains, NJ | $3,504/mo | 37.7% | stretched |
| Fort Lee, NJ | $3,565/mo | 38.3% | stretched |
| Manasquan, NJ | $3,750/mo | 40.3% | rent-burdened |
| Fair Lawn, NJ | $3,772/mo | 40.5% | rent-burdened |
| Weehawken, NJ | $3,793/mo | 40.8% | rent-burdened |
| Millburn, NJ | $3,809/mo | 40.9% | rent-burdened |
| Oakhurst, NJ | $3,850/mo | 41.4% | rent-burdened |
| Hoboken, NJ | $3,941/mo | 42.3% | rent-burdened |
| Edgewater, NJ | $4,035/mo | 43.4% | rent-burdened |
| Montvale, NJ | $4,257/mo | 45.7% | rent-burdened |
| Livingston, NJ | $4,354/mo | 46.8% | rent-burdened |
| Belmar, NJ | $5,165/mo | 55.5% | severely rent-burdened |
| Spring Lake, NJ | $5,642/mo | 60.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Short Hills, NJ | $6,365/mo | 68.4% | severely rent-burdened |
| Cresskill, NJ | $6,663/mo | 71.6% | severely rent-burdened |
| Margate City, NJ | $6,862/mo | 73.7% | severely rent-burdened |