Rent Affordability for A Plumber in New Jersey

A typical plumber in New Jersey earns about $75,152 a year, which supports approximately $1,879 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. 14 of 199 cities tracked stay within the 30% rule; 185 are rent-burdened on this salary.

City↕Median rent↕% of income↑Affordability
Collingswood, NJ$1,610/mo25.7%affordable
Millville, NJ$1,615/mo25.8%affordable
Salem, NJ$1,650/mo26.3%affordable
Bellmawr, NJ$1,672/mo26.7%affordable
Gloucester City, NJ$1,741/mo27.8%affordable
West Deptford Township, NJ$1,762/mo28.1%affordable
Vineland, NJ$1,764/mo28.2%affordable
Maple Shade Township, NJ$1,766/mo28.2%affordable
Blackwood, NJ$1,773/mo28.3%affordable
Camden, NJ$1,787/mo28.5%affordable
Atlantic City, NJ$1,812/mo28.9%affordable
Clementon, NJ$1,853/mo29.6%affordable
Margate City, NJ$1,858/mo29.7%affordable
Wildwood, NJ$1,875/mo29.9%affordable
Edgewater Park Township, NJ$1,883/mo30.1%stretched
Paterson, NJ$1,889/mo30.2%stretched
Audubon, NJ$1,902/mo30.4%stretched
Voorhees Township, NJ$1,919/mo30.6%stretched
Irvington, NJ$1,939/mo31%stretched
Somerdale, NJ$1,959/mo31.3%stretched
Orange, NJ$1,968/mo31.4%stretched
Ventnor City, NJ$1,973/mo31.5%stretched
Phillipsburg, NJ$1,988/mo31.7%stretched
Mt Holly Township, NJ$1,984/mo31.7%stretched
East Orange, NJ$1,994/mo31.8%stretched
Pleasantville, NJ$2,001/mo32%stretched
Washington, NJ$2,008/mo32.1%stretched
Trenton, NJ$2,030/mo32.4%stretched
Haddonfield, NJ$2,035/mo32.5%stretched
Eastampton Township, NJ$2,045/mo32.7%stretched
Passaic, NJ$2,055/mo32.8%stretched
Lavallette, NJ$2,067/mo33%stretched
Bound Brook, NJ$2,070/mo33.1%stretched
Woodbury, NJ$2,097/mo33.5%stretched
Newark, NJ$2,111/mo33.7%stretched
Kearny, NJ$2,108/mo33.7%stretched
Seaside Heights, NJ$2,123/mo33.9%stretched
Lumberton Township, NJ$2,165/mo34.6%stretched
Plainsboro, NJ$2,165/mo34.6%stretched
Highlands, NJ$2,181/mo34.8%stretched
Plainfield, NJ$2,191/mo35%stretched
North Plainfield, NJ$2,220/mo35.4%stretched
Elizabeth, NJ$2,230/mo35.6%stretched
Randolph, NJ$2,241/mo35.8%stretched
Eatontown, NJ$2,256/mo36%stretched
Burlington Township, NJ$2,257/mo36%stretched
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ$2,259/mo36.1%stretched
Cherry Hill, NJ$2,258/mo36.1%stretched
Somerville, NJ$2,270/mo36.2%stretched
Avenel, NJ$2,277/mo36.4%stretched
Lakewood, NJ$2,288/mo36.5%stretched
Ewing, NJ$2,293/mo36.6%stretched
Budd Lake, NJ$2,299/mo36.7%stretched
Newton, NJ$2,311/mo36.9%stretched
Belleville, NJ$2,317/mo37%stretched
Ridgefield Park, NJ$2,325/mo37.1%stretched
Tuckerton, NJ$2,330/mo37.2%stretched
Bayonne, NJ$2,342/mo37.4%stretched
Union City, NJ$2,343/mo37.4%stretched
Dover, NJ$2,342/mo37.4%stretched
Nutley, NJ$2,347/mo37.5%stretched
Moorestown Township, NJ$2,352/mo37.6%stretched
Sicklerville, NJ$2,361/mo37.7%stretched
Bordentown Township, NJ$2,375/mo37.9%stretched
Keansburg, NJ$2,385/mo38.1%stretched
Mt Laurel Township, NJ$2,404/mo38.4%stretched
Lodi, NJ$2,408/mo38.5%stretched
Dunellen, NJ$2,418/mo38.6%stretched
Bloomfield, NJ$2,418/mo38.6%stretched
Garfield, NJ$2,433/mo38.8%stretched
Carteret, NJ$2,430/mo38.8%stretched
Pennsauken, NJ$2,427/mo38.8%stretched
Guttenberg, NJ$2,436/mo38.9%stretched
Medford Township, NJ$2,441/mo39%stretched
Highland Park, NJ$2,447/mo39.1%stretched
Woodbridge, NJ$2,464/mo39.3%stretched
North Arlington, NJ$2,462/mo39.3%stretched
Browns Mills, NJ$2,462/mo39.3%stretched
Evesham Township, NJ$2,461/mo39.3%stretched
Neptune Township, NJ$2,461/mo39.3%stretched
Linden, NJ$2,468/mo39.4%stretched
Rahway, NJ$2,472/mo39.5%stretched
Carlstadt, NJ$2,475/mo39.5%stretched
Sewell, NJ$2,474/mo39.5%stretched
Elmwood Park, NJ$2,481/mo39.6%stretched
Fairview, NJ$2,481/mo39.6%stretched
Monmouth Junction, NJ$2,486/mo39.7%stretched
Roselle, NJ$2,495/mo39.8%stretched
South Amboy, NJ$2,500/mo39.9%stretched
Egg Harbor Township, NJ$2,499/mo39.9%stretched
Oakhurst, NJ$2,517/mo40.2%rent-burdened
Boonton, NJ$2,523/mo40.3%rent-burdened
Raritan, NJ$2,525/mo40.3%rent-burdened
North Brunswick, NJ$2,527/mo40.4%rent-burdened
Perth Amboy, NJ$2,540/mo40.6%rent-burdened
Hackettstown, NJ$2,544/mo40.6%rent-burdened
West New York, NJ$2,547/mo40.7%rent-burdened
Leonia, NJ$2,550/mo40.7%rent-burdened
Westampton Township, NJ$2,569/mo41%rent-burdened
Lawrence Township, NJ$2,572/mo41.1%rent-burdened
Union, NJ$2,589/mo41.3%rent-burdened
East Windsor Township, NJ$2,599/mo41.5%rent-burdened
Clifton, NJ$2,605/mo41.6%rent-burdened
Hawthorne, NJ$2,607/mo41.6%rent-burdened
Lyndhurst, NJ$2,603/mo41.6%rent-burdened
Manalapan Township, NJ$2,604/mo41.6%rent-burdened
Iselin, NJ$2,614/mo41.7%rent-burdened
Franklin Park, NJ$2,613/mo41.7%rent-burdened
Springfield, NJ$2,617/mo41.8%rent-burdened
Piscataway, NJ$2,636/mo42.1%rent-burdened
South Plainfield, NJ$2,651/mo42.3%rent-burdened
Somerset, NJ$2,648/mo42.3%rent-burdened
Harrison, NJ$2,663/mo42.5%rent-burdened
Flemington, NJ$2,676/mo42.7%rent-burdened
Long Branch, NJ$2,678/mo42.8%rent-burdened
Asbury Park, NJ$2,684/mo42.9%rent-burdened
Barnegat, NJ$2,688/mo42.9%rent-burdened
Matawan, NJ$2,711/mo43.3%rent-burdened
Monroe Township, NJ$2,709/mo43.3%rent-burdened
Ridgefield, NJ$2,719/mo43.4%rent-burdened
Brick, NJ$2,718/mo43.4%rent-burdened
Hackensack, NJ$2,723/mo43.5%rent-burdened
Westwood, NJ$2,734/mo43.7%rent-burdened
Glassboro, NJ$2,749/mo43.9%rent-burdened
East Brunswick, NJ$2,751/mo43.9%rent-burdened
Annandale, NJ$2,768/mo44.2%rent-burdened
Metuchen, NJ$2,773/mo44.3%rent-burdened
Mount Arlington, NJ$2,781/mo44.4%rent-burdened
Caldwell, NJ$2,788/mo44.5%rent-burdened
Edison, NJ$2,787/mo44.5%rent-burdened
Forked River, NJ$2,800/mo44.7%rent-burdened
New Brunswick, NJ$2,820/mo45%rent-burdened
Belmar, NJ$2,818/mo45%rent-burdened
Bedminster, NJ$2,817/mo45%rent-burdened
Hillsborough Township, NJ$2,818/mo45%rent-burdened
Parsippany, NJ$2,832/mo45.2%rent-burdened
East Rutherford, NJ$2,828/mo45.2%rent-burdened
Pine Brook, NJ$2,847/mo45.5%rent-burdened
Manasquan, NJ$2,859/mo45.7%rent-burdened
North Bergen Township, NJ$2,869/mo45.8%rent-burdened
Maplewood, NJ$2,875/mo45.9%rent-burdened
Wayne, NJ$2,877/mo45.9%rent-burdened
Atlantic Highlands, NJ$2,889/mo46.1%rent-burdened
Old Bridge, NJ$2,897/mo46.3%rent-burdened
Freehold, NJ$2,901/mo46.3%rent-burdened
West Orange, NJ$2,920/mo46.6%rent-burdened
Mahwah Township, NJ$2,944/mo47%rent-burdened
Willingboro Township, NJ$2,944/mo47%rent-burdened
Little Falls, NJ$2,958/mo47.2%rent-burdened
Westfield, NJ$2,973/mo47.5%rent-burdened
Summit, NJ$2,977/mo47.5%rent-burdened
Bergenfield, NJ$2,987/mo47.7%rent-burdened
Bridgewater Township, NJ$2,988/mo47.7%rent-burdened
Englewood, NJ$2,999/mo47.9%rent-burdened
Parlin, NJ$3,014/mo48.1%rent-burdened
Pennington, NJ$3,020/mo48.2%rent-burdened
Toms River, NJ$3,026/mo48.3%rent-burdened
Montvale, NJ$3,024/mo48.3%rent-burdened
Cliffside Park, NJ$3,041/mo48.6%rent-burdened
Park Ridge, NJ$3,041/mo48.6%rent-burdened
Secaucus, NJ$3,058/mo48.8%rent-burdened
Montville, NJ$3,054/mo48.8%rent-burdened
South Orange, NJ$3,094/mo49.4%rent-burdened
Jersey City, NJ$3,101/mo49.5%rent-burdened
Chatham, NJ$3,106/mo49.6%rent-burdened
Montclair, NJ$3,114/mo49.7%rent-burdened
Morristown, NJ$3,119/mo49.8%rent-burdened
Cranford, NJ$3,119/mo49.8%rent-burdened
Mc Guire AFB, NJ$3,156/mo50.4%severely rent-burdened
Howell, NJ$3,171/mo50.6%severely rent-burdened
Cedar Knolls, NJ$3,195/mo51%severely rent-burdened
Monmouth Beach, NJ$3,206/mo51.2%severely rent-burdened
Middletown, NJ$3,213/mo51.3%severely rent-burdened
Millburn, NJ$3,221/mo51.4%severely rent-burdened
North Haledon, NJ$3,241/mo51.8%severely rent-burdened
Red Bank, NJ$3,256/mo52%severely rent-burdened
Jackson, NJ$3,281/mo52.4%severely rent-burdened
Spring Lake, NJ$3,288/mo52.5%severely rent-burdened
Tinton Falls, NJ$3,294/mo52.6%severely rent-burdened
Teaneck, NJ$3,297/mo52.6%severely rent-burdened
Palisades Park, NJ$3,320/mo53%severely rent-burdened
Rockaway, NJ$3,325/mo53.1%severely rent-burdened
Warren Township, NJ$3,328/mo53.1%severely rent-burdened
Berkeley Heights, NJ$3,336/mo53.3%severely rent-burdened
Princeton, NJ$3,350/mo53.5%severely rent-burdened
East Hanover Township, NJ$3,363/mo53.7%severely rent-burdened
Madison, NJ$3,423/mo54.7%severely rent-burdened
Branchburg Township, NJ$3,435/mo54.8%severely rent-burdened
Morganville, NJ$3,464/mo55.3%severely rent-burdened
Ocean, NJ$3,485/mo55.6%severely rent-burdened
Morris Plains, NJ$3,565/mo56.9%severely rent-burdened
Fair Lawn, NJ$3,606/mo57.6%severely rent-burdened
Edgewater, NJ$3,628/mo57.9%severely rent-burdened
Fort Lee, NJ$3,792/mo60.5%severely rent-burdened
Weehawken, NJ$3,854/mo61.5%severely rent-burdened
Hoboken, NJ$4,005/mo64%severely rent-burdened
Livingston, NJ$4,260/mo68%severely rent-burdened
Cresskill, NJ$4,800/mo76.6%severely rent-burdened
Short Hills, NJ$7,203/mo115%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).