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Rent Affordability for A Software Developer in New Jersey

A typical software developer in New Jersey earns about $154,683 a year, which supports approximately $3,867 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
Millville, NJ$1,615/mo12.5%very comfortable
Collingswood, NJ$1,610/mo12.5%very comfortable
Salem, NJ$1,650/mo12.8%very comfortable
Bellmawr, NJ$1,672/mo13%very comfortable
Gloucester City, NJ$1,741/mo13.5%very comfortable
Vineland, NJ$1,764/mo13.7%very comfortable
Maple Shade Township, NJ$1,766/mo13.7%very comfortable
West Deptford Township, NJ$1,762/mo13.7%very comfortable
Blackwood, NJ$1,773/mo13.8%very comfortable
Camden, NJ$1,787/mo13.9%very comfortable
Atlantic City, NJ$1,812/mo14.1%very comfortable
Clementon, NJ$1,853/mo14.4%very comfortable
Margate City, NJ$1,858/mo14.4%very comfortable
Wildwood, NJ$1,875/mo14.5%very comfortable
Edgewater Park Township, NJ$1,883/mo14.6%very comfortable
Paterson, NJ$1,889/mo14.7%very comfortable
Audubon, NJ$1,902/mo14.8%very comfortable
Voorhees Township, NJ$1,919/mo14.9%very comfortable
Irvington, NJ$1,939/mo15%very comfortable
Somerdale, NJ$1,959/mo15.2%very comfortable
Ventnor City, NJ$1,973/mo15.3%very comfortable
Orange, NJ$1,968/mo15.3%very comfortable
Phillipsburg, NJ$1,988/mo15.4%very comfortable
Mt Holly Township, NJ$1,984/mo15.4%very comfortable
East Orange, NJ$1,994/mo15.5%very comfortable
Pleasantville, NJ$2,001/mo15.5%very comfortable
Washington, NJ$2,008/mo15.6%very comfortable
Trenton, NJ$2,030/mo15.7%very comfortable
Haddonfield, NJ$2,035/mo15.8%very comfortable
Passaic, NJ$2,055/mo15.9%very comfortable
Eastampton Township, NJ$2,045/mo15.9%very comfortable
Lavallette, NJ$2,067/mo16%very comfortable
Bound Brook, NJ$2,070/mo16.1%very comfortable
Woodbury, NJ$2,097/mo16.3%very comfortable
Newark, NJ$2,111/mo16.4%very comfortable
Kearny, NJ$2,108/mo16.4%very comfortable
Seaside Heights, NJ$2,123/mo16.5%very comfortable
Lumberton Township, NJ$2,165/mo16.8%very comfortable
Plainsboro, NJ$2,165/mo16.8%very comfortable
Highlands, NJ$2,181/mo16.9%very comfortable
Plainfield, NJ$2,191/mo17%very comfortable
North Plainfield, NJ$2,220/mo17.2%very comfortable
Elizabeth, NJ$2,230/mo17.3%very comfortable
Randolph, NJ$2,241/mo17.4%very comfortable
Eatontown, NJ$2,256/mo17.5%very comfortable
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ$2,259/mo17.5%very comfortable
Burlington Township, NJ$2,257/mo17.5%very comfortable
Cherry Hill, NJ$2,258/mo17.5%very comfortable
Somerville, NJ$2,270/mo17.6%very comfortable
Lakewood, NJ$2,288/mo17.7%very comfortable
Avenel, NJ$2,277/mo17.7%very comfortable
Budd Lake, NJ$2,299/mo17.8%very comfortable
Ewing, NJ$2,293/mo17.8%very comfortable
Newton, NJ$2,311/mo17.9%very comfortable
Ridgefield Park, NJ$2,325/mo18%very comfortable
Belleville, NJ$2,317/mo18%very comfortable
Tuckerton, NJ$2,330/mo18.1%very comfortable
Bayonne, NJ$2,342/mo18.2%very comfortable
Union City, NJ$2,343/mo18.2%very comfortable
Dover, NJ$2,342/mo18.2%very comfortable
Moorestown Township, NJ$2,352/mo18.2%very comfortable
Nutley, NJ$2,347/mo18.2%very comfortable
Sicklerville, NJ$2,361/mo18.3%very comfortable
Bordentown Township, NJ$2,375/mo18.4%very comfortable
Keansburg, NJ$2,385/mo18.5%very comfortable
Mt Laurel Township, NJ$2,404/mo18.6%very comfortable
Lodi, NJ$2,408/mo18.7%very comfortable
Dunellen, NJ$2,418/mo18.8%very comfortable
Pennsauken, NJ$2,427/mo18.8%very comfortable
Bloomfield, NJ$2,418/mo18.8%very comfortable
Garfield, NJ$2,433/mo18.9%very comfortable
Carteret, NJ$2,430/mo18.9%very comfortable
Guttenberg, NJ$2,436/mo18.9%very comfortable
Medford Township, NJ$2,441/mo18.9%very comfortable
Highland Park, NJ$2,447/mo19%very comfortable
Linden, NJ$2,468/mo19.1%very comfortable
Woodbridge, NJ$2,464/mo19.1%very comfortable
North Arlington, NJ$2,462/mo19.1%very comfortable
Browns Mills, NJ$2,462/mo19.1%very comfortable
Evesham Township, NJ$2,461/mo19.1%very comfortable
Neptune Township, NJ$2,461/mo19.1%very comfortable
Rahway, NJ$2,472/mo19.2%very comfortable
Elmwood Park, NJ$2,481/mo19.2%very comfortable
Carlstadt, NJ$2,475/mo19.2%very comfortable
Fairview, NJ$2,481/mo19.2%very comfortable
Sewell, NJ$2,474/mo19.2%very comfortable
Monmouth Junction, NJ$2,486/mo19.3%very comfortable
Roselle, NJ$2,495/mo19.4%very comfortable
South Amboy, NJ$2,500/mo19.4%very comfortable
Egg Harbor Township, NJ$2,499/mo19.4%very comfortable
Oakhurst, NJ$2,517/mo19.5%very comfortable
Boonton, NJ$2,523/mo19.6%very comfortable
Raritan, NJ$2,525/mo19.6%very comfortable
North Brunswick, NJ$2,527/mo19.6%very comfortable
Perth Amboy, NJ$2,540/mo19.7%very comfortable
Hackettstown, NJ$2,544/mo19.7%very comfortable
West New York, NJ$2,547/mo19.8%very comfortable
Leonia, NJ$2,550/mo19.8%very comfortable
Westampton Township, NJ$2,569/mo19.9%very comfortable
Lawrence Township, NJ$2,572/mo20%very comfortable
Union, NJ$2,589/mo20.1%affordable
Clifton, NJ$2,605/mo20.2%affordable
Hawthorne, NJ$2,607/mo20.2%affordable
East Windsor Township, NJ$2,599/mo20.2%affordable
Lyndhurst, NJ$2,603/mo20.2%affordable
Manalapan Township, NJ$2,604/mo20.2%affordable
Iselin, NJ$2,614/mo20.3%affordable
Franklin Park, NJ$2,613/mo20.3%affordable
Springfield, NJ$2,617/mo20.3%affordable
Piscataway, NJ$2,636/mo20.4%affordable
Somerset, NJ$2,648/mo20.5%affordable
South Plainfield, NJ$2,651/mo20.6%affordable
Harrison, NJ$2,663/mo20.7%affordable
Long Branch, NJ$2,678/mo20.8%affordable
Asbury Park, NJ$2,684/mo20.8%affordable
Flemington, NJ$2,676/mo20.8%affordable
Barnegat, NJ$2,688/mo20.9%affordable
Matawan, NJ$2,711/mo21%affordable
Monroe Township, NJ$2,709/mo21%affordable
Hackensack, NJ$2,723/mo21.1%affordable
Ridgefield, NJ$2,719/mo21.1%affordable
Brick, NJ$2,718/mo21.1%affordable
Westwood, NJ$2,734/mo21.2%affordable
Glassboro, NJ$2,749/mo21.3%affordable
East Brunswick, NJ$2,751/mo21.3%affordable
Metuchen, NJ$2,773/mo21.5%affordable
Annandale, NJ$2,768/mo21.5%affordable
Caldwell, NJ$2,788/mo21.6%affordable
Mount Arlington, NJ$2,781/mo21.6%affordable
Edison, NJ$2,787/mo21.6%affordable
Forked River, NJ$2,800/mo21.7%affordable
New Brunswick, NJ$2,820/mo21.9%affordable
East Rutherford, NJ$2,828/mo21.9%affordable
Belmar, NJ$2,818/mo21.9%affordable
Bedminster, NJ$2,817/mo21.9%affordable
Hillsborough Township, NJ$2,818/mo21.9%affordable
Parsippany, NJ$2,832/mo22%affordable
Pine Brook, NJ$2,847/mo22.1%affordable
Manasquan, NJ$2,859/mo22.2%affordable
Maplewood, NJ$2,875/mo22.3%affordable
North Bergen Township, NJ$2,869/mo22.3%affordable
Wayne, NJ$2,877/mo22.3%affordable
Atlantic Highlands, NJ$2,889/mo22.4%affordable
Old Bridge, NJ$2,897/mo22.5%affordable
Freehold, NJ$2,901/mo22.5%affordable
West Orange, NJ$2,920/mo22.7%affordable
Mahwah Township, NJ$2,944/mo22.8%affordable
Willingboro Township, NJ$2,944/mo22.8%affordable
Little Falls, NJ$2,958/mo22.9%affordable
Westfield, NJ$2,973/mo23.1%affordable
Summit, NJ$2,977/mo23.1%affordable
Bergenfield, NJ$2,987/mo23.2%affordable
Bridgewater Township, NJ$2,988/mo23.2%affordable
Englewood, NJ$2,999/mo23.3%affordable
Pennington, NJ$3,020/mo23.4%affordable
Parlin, NJ$3,014/mo23.4%affordable
Toms River, NJ$3,026/mo23.5%affordable
Montvale, NJ$3,024/mo23.5%affordable
Cliffside Park, NJ$3,041/mo23.6%affordable
Park Ridge, NJ$3,041/mo23.6%affordable
Secaucus, NJ$3,058/mo23.7%affordable
Montville, NJ$3,054/mo23.7%affordable
South Orange, NJ$3,094/mo24%affordable
Jersey City, NJ$3,101/mo24.1%affordable
Chatham, NJ$3,106/mo24.1%affordable
Morristown, NJ$3,119/mo24.2%affordable
Cranford, NJ$3,119/mo24.2%affordable
Montclair, NJ$3,114/mo24.2%affordable
Mc Guire AFB, NJ$3,156/mo24.5%affordable
Howell, NJ$3,171/mo24.6%affordable
Cedar Knolls, NJ$3,195/mo24.8%affordable
Monmouth Beach, NJ$3,206/mo24.9%affordable
Middletown, NJ$3,213/mo24.9%affordable
Millburn, NJ$3,221/mo25%affordable
North Haledon, NJ$3,241/mo25.1%affordable
Red Bank, NJ$3,256/mo25.3%affordable
Spring Lake, NJ$3,288/mo25.5%affordable
Jackson, NJ$3,281/mo25.5%affordable
Tinton Falls, NJ$3,294/mo25.6%affordable
Teaneck, NJ$3,297/mo25.6%affordable
Palisades Park, NJ$3,320/mo25.8%affordable
Rockaway, NJ$3,325/mo25.8%affordable
Warren Township, NJ$3,328/mo25.8%affordable
Berkeley Heights, NJ$3,336/mo25.9%affordable
Princeton, NJ$3,350/mo26%affordable
East Hanover Township, NJ$3,363/mo26.1%affordable
Madison, NJ$3,423/mo26.6%affordable
Branchburg Township, NJ$3,435/mo26.6%affordable
Morganville, NJ$3,464/mo26.9%affordable
Ocean, NJ$3,485/mo27%affordable
Morris Plains, NJ$3,565/mo27.7%affordable
Fair Lawn, NJ$3,606/mo28%affordable
Edgewater, NJ$3,628/mo28.1%affordable
Fort Lee, NJ$3,792/mo29.4%affordable
Weehawken, NJ$3,854/mo29.9%affordable
Hoboken, NJ$4,005/mo31.1%stretched
Livingston, NJ$4,260/mo33%stretched
Cresskill, NJ$4,800/mo37.2%stretched
Short Hills, NJ$7,203/mo55.9%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).