The New Jersey rental market
New Jersey tracks median rent across 169 cities, ranging from Millville at $1,461/mo to Margate City at $17,000/mo. The state average of $2,737/mo runs about 42% above the national median of $1,930/mo.
Across New Jersey cities, rents are rising, changing an average of +3.8% over the past year. 176 of 199 tracked cities are priced above the national median, while 23 fall below it. The largest rental markets are Newark, Jersey City, Paterson.
199 cities
CityMedian rentYoY
Annandale
Pop. 1,568
$2,714/mo
—
→Asbury Park
Pop. 15,295
$2,600/mo
+8.1%
→Atlantic City
Pop. 38,632
$1,801/mo
-4.4%
→Atlantic Highlands
Pop. 4,410
$2,531/mo
—
→Audubon
Pop. 8,730
$1,725/mo
—
→Avenel
Pop. 17,121
$2,194/mo
—
→Barnegat
Pop. 3,360
$2,557/mo
—
→Bayonne
Pop. 71,553
$2,368/mo
+3.1%
→Bedminster
Pop. 1,670
$2,945/mo
+0.1%
→Belleville
$2,190/mo
+0.1%
→Bellmawr
Pop. 11,737
$1,605/mo
—
→Belmar
Pop. 5,869
$3,618/mo
—
→Bergenfield
Pop. 28,450
$2,950/mo
—
→Berkeley Heights
$3,391/mo
—
→Blackwood
Pop. 4,443
$1,883/mo
—
→Bloomfield
$2,431/mo
+12.1%
→Boonton
Pop. 8,854
$2,570/mo
—
→Bordentown Township
$2,312/mo
+16.8%
→Bound Brook
Pop. 12,219
$2,155/mo
-1.1%
→Branchburg Township
$2,648/mo
—
→Brick
$2,721/mo
-1.9%
→Bridgewater Township
$2,800/mo
+4.9%
→Browns Mills
Pop. 9,672
$2,400/mo
—
→Budd Lake
Pop. 10,650
$2,269/mo
+25.4%
→Burlington Township
$2,142/mo
—
→Caldwell
Pop. 9,003
$2,245/mo
—
→Camden
Pop. 71,496
$1,765/mo
+6.5%
→Carlstadt
Pop. 6,378
$2,183/mo
—
→Carteret
Pop. 25,496
$2,418/mo
+4.5%
→Cedar Knolls
Pop. 4,882
$3,240/mo
—
→Chatham
Pop. 9,407
$3,185/mo
+12.5%
→Cherry Hill
$2,315/mo
+5.8%
→Clementon
Pop. 5,410
$1,817/mo
—
→Cliffside Park
Pop. 25,781
$2,689/mo
+3.3%
→Clifton
Pop. 89,379
$2,504/mo
+4.1%
→Collingswood
Pop. 14,205
$1,628/mo
-2.0%
→Cranford
Pop. 1,937
$3,183/mo
+14.4%
→Cresskill
Pop. 9,174
$8,750/mo
—
→Dover
Pop. 18,563
$2,473/mo
—
→Dunellen
Pop. 7,911
$2,579/mo
—
→East Brunswick
$2,739/mo
+5.5%
→East Hanover Township
$3,341/mo
—
→East Orange
Pop. 70,090
$2,104/mo
+3.7%
→East Rutherford
Pop. 10,313
$2,805/mo
-1.3%
→East Windsor Township
$2,373/mo
—
→Eastampton Township
$1,857/mo
—
→Eatontown
Pop. 13,575
$2,197/mo
—
→Edgewater
Pop. 14,759
$3,759/mo
+3.3%
→Edgewater Park Township
$1,787/mo
—
→Edison
$2,691/mo
+1.3%
→Egg Harbor Township
$2,483/mo
—
→Elizabeth
Pop. 137,302
$2,224/mo
-3.5%
→Elmwood Park
Pop. 21,412
$2,527/mo
—
→Englewood
Pop. 29,638
$3,217/mo
+17.6%
→Evesham Township
$2,339/mo
-0.2%
→Ewing
$2,385/mo
-0.1%
→Fair Lawn
Pop. 35,610
$3,374/mo
—
→Fairview
Pop. 3,892
$2,267/mo
—
→Flemington
Pop. 4,896
$2,600/mo
-0.7%
→Forked River
Pop. 5,196
$2,650/mo
—
→Fort Lee
Pop. 40,067
$3,414/mo
+13.7%
→Franklin Park
Pop. 13,211
$2,454/mo
—
→Freehold
Pop. 12,507
$2,775/mo
-0.4%
→Garfield
Pop. 32,783
$2,407/mo
+9.7%
→Glassboro
Pop. 23,717
$2,827/mo
+5.6%
→Gloucester City
Pop. 11,509
$1,852/mo
—
→Guttenberg
Pop. 11,754
$2,523/mo
+9.8%
→Hackensack
Pop. 46,057
$2,571/mo
+0.4%
→Hackettstown
Pop. 10,140
$2,659/mo
—
→Haddonfield
Pop. 12,595
$1,842/mo
+10.4%
→Harrison
Pop. 20,369
$2,558/mo
+1.6%
→Hasbrouck Heights
Pop. 12,115
$3,000/mo
—
→Hawthorne
Pop. 19,628
$2,339/mo
—
→Highland Park
Pop. 15,121
$2,428/mo
+4.9%
→Highlands
Pop. 4,518
$3,708/mo
—
→Hillsborough Township
$2,565/mo
—
→Hoboken
Pop. 58,668
$3,865/mo
+3.6%
→Howell
$2,894/mo
—
→Irvington
$1,971/mo
+1.5%
→Iselin
Pop. 19,551
$3,072/mo
+28.3%
→Jackson
$3,164/mo
-8.2%
→Jersey City
Pop. 294,078
$3,117/mo
+5.0%
→Keansburg
Pop. 9,719
$2,398/mo
—
→Kearny
Pop. 40,614
$2,399/mo
+4.5%
→Lakewood
Pop. 69,585
$2,119/mo
—
→Lavallette
Pop. 1,865
$3,338/mo
—
→Lawrence Township
$2,683/mo
+0.9%
→Leonia
Pop. 9,336
$2,500/mo
—
→Linden
Pop. 44,192
$2,452/mo
-1.4%
→Little Falls
$2,713/mo
—
→Livingston
$4,384/mo
+12.2%
→Lodi
Pop. 26,082
$2,311/mo
+4.7%
→Long Branch
Pop. 32,530
$2,733/mo
+0.7%
→Lumberton Township
$1,824/mo
—
→Lyndhurst
$2,742/mo
—
→Madison
Pop. 16,447
$3,155/mo
+10.7%
→Mahwah Township
$2,778/mo
—
→Manalapan Township
$2,862/mo
+16.1%
→Manasquan
Pop. 5,922
$8,313/mo
—
→Maple Shade Township
$1,710/mo
—
→Maplewood
$2,758/mo
—
→Margate City
Pop. 5,234
$17,000/mo
-29.3%
→Matawan
Pop. 9,710
$2,514/mo
+2.3%
→Mc Guire AFB
Pop. 4,400
$3,156/mo
-0.6%
→Medford Township
$2,975/mo
—
→Metuchen
Pop. 15,144
$2,862/mo
-3.2%
→Middletown
$3,025/mo
—
→Millburn
$2,898/mo
—
→Millville
Pop. 27,511
$1,461/mo
-6.0%
→Monmouth Beach
Pop. 3,207
$3,542/mo
—
→Monmouth Junction
Pop. 9,141
$2,758/mo
+12.2%
→Monroe Township
$3,402/mo
—
→Montclair
$3,045/mo
+5.3%
→Montvale
Pop. 8,901
$3,441/mo
—
→Montville
$3,088/mo
—
→Moorestown Township
$2,070/mo
—
→Morganville
Pop. 5,902
$3,352/mo
—
→Morris Plains
Pop. 6,315
$3,558/mo
+2.1%
→Morristown
Pop. 20,453
$2,923/mo
+0.7%
→Mount Arlington
Pop. 5,935
$2,698/mo
—
→Mt Holly Township
$1,931/mo
—
→Mt Laurel Township
$2,283/mo
+2.8%
→Neptune Township
$2,812/mo
+3.0%
→New Brunswick
Pop. 56,345
$2,701/mo
+6.9%
→Newark
Pop. 310,178
$2,138/mo
+0.1%
→Newton
Pop. 8,369
$2,138/mo
—
→North Arlington
Pop. 16,461
$2,453/mo
—
→North Bergen Township
$2,701/mo
-4.5%
→North Brunswick
$2,567/mo
+2.0%
→North Haledon
Pop. 8,778
$3,109/mo
—
→North Plainfield
Pop. 22,809
$2,189/mo
—
→Nutley
$2,332/mo
—
→Oakhurst
Pop. 3,538
$3,572/mo
—
→Ocean
Pop. 11,261
$3,676/mo
—
→Old Bridge
Pop. 28,236
$2,890/mo
—
→Orange
$1,875/mo
+5.7%
→Palisades Park
Pop. 20,290
$3,141/mo
—
→Park Ridge
Pop. 9,406
$3,353/mo
—
→Parlin
$2,751/mo
+2.1%
→Parsippany
Pop. 21,345
$2,774/mo
+8.6%
→Passaic
Pop. 70,002
$2,168/mo
-5.3%
→Paterson
Pop. 158,735
$2,010/mo
+1.7%
→Pennington
Pop. 2,827
$2,852/mo
+6.1%
→Pennsauken
$2,237/mo
+20.8%
→Perth Amboy
Pop. 55,855
$2,286/mo
—
→Phillipsburg
Pop. 15,299
$1,906/mo
+9.7%
→Pine Brook
Pop. 5,961
$2,666/mo
—
→Piscataway
$2,734/mo
+8.2%
→Plainfield
Pop. 55,236
$2,127/mo
—
→Plainsboro
$2,153/mo
+2.4%
→Pleasantville
Pop. 20,712
$1,844/mo
+4.1%
→Princeton
Pop. 30,756
$3,370/mo
+4.7%
→Rahway
Pop. 30,109
$2,571/mo
+2.2%
→Randolph
$2,069/mo
—
→Raritan
Pop. 8,368
$2,503/mo
—
→Red Bank
Pop. 12,862
$3,119/mo
+11.6%
→Ridgefield
Pop. 11,498
$2,715/mo
—
→Ridgefield Park
Pop. 13,235
$2,114/mo
—
→Rockaway
Pop. 6,613
$2,833/mo
—
→Roselle
Pop. 22,646
$2,471/mo
+6.5%
→Salem
Pop. 5,322
$1,775/mo
—
→Seaside Heights
Pop. 2,478
$3,822/mo
—
→Secaucus
Pop. 21,778
$2,697/mo
+4.4%
→Sewell
Pop. 2,982
$2,508/mo
—
→Short Hills
Pop. 14,923
$5,305/mo
—
→Sicklerville
Pop. 44,998
$2,233/mo
-0.8%
→Somerdale
Pop. 5,581
$1,782/mo
—
→Somerset
Pop. 22,720
$2,661/mo
+3.7%
→Somerville
Pop. 13,410
$2,330/mo
+11.6%
→South Amboy
Pop. 9,989
$2,693/mo
+13.0%
→South Orange
$3,272/mo
+3.1%
→South Plainfield
Pop. 24,473
$2,762/mo
—
→Spring Lake
Pop. 2,779
$5,767/mo
-11.3%
→Springfield
Pop. 1,304
$2,635/mo
—
→Summit
Pop. 22,705
$2,750/mo
-0.2%
→Teaneck
$3,419/mo
+7.1%
→Tinton Falls
Pop. 19,361
$3,233/mo
—
→Toms River
Pop. 94,956
$2,806/mo
-0.9%
→Trenton
Pop. 90,338
$2,159/mo
-0.9%
→Tuckerton
Pop. 3,654
$2,375/mo
—
→Union
Pop. 66,463
$2,538/mo
+1.9%
→Union City
Pop. 66,463
$2,333/mo
-2.4%
→Ventnor City
Pop. 9,265
$3,898/mo
-33.5%
→Vineland
Pop. 61,006
$1,858/mo
—
→Voorhees Township
$2,045/mo
+13.3%
→Warren Township
$2,829/mo
—
→Washington
Pop. 7,334
$1,885/mo
—
→Wayne
$2,490/mo
-2.4%
→Weehawken
$3,787/mo
+7.5%
→West Deptford Township
$1,706/mo
-0.7%
→West New York
Pop. 52,004
$2,707/mo
+10.4%
→West Orange
$2,924/mo
+5.2%
→Westampton Township
$2,289/mo
—
→Westfield
Pop. 31,111
$2,758/mo
+11.3%
→Westwood
Pop. 11,283
$3,125/mo
—
→Wildwood
Pop. 5,130
$1,900/mo
—
→Willingboro Township
$2,908/mo
—
→Woodbridge
Pop. 20,756
$2,523/mo
+0.6%
→Woodbury
Pop. 10,042
$1,984/mo
—
→New Jersey rent questions
What is the average rent in New Jersey?
The average median rent across 169 tracked cities in New Jersey is $2,737/mo, about 42% above the national median of $1,930/mo.
Which New Jersey city has the highest rent?
Margate City has the highest median rent in New Jersey at $17,000/mo.
Which New Jersey city has the most affordable rent?
Millville is the most affordable tracked city in New Jersey, with a median rent of $1,461/mo.
Are rents rising or falling in New Jersey?
Across New Jersey cities, median rents are rising, changing an average of +3.8% over the past year.
How does New Jersey rent compare to the rest of the country?
176 of 199 tracked New Jersey cities have a median rent above the national median of $1,930/mo, and 23 fall below it.
What are the largest rental markets in New Jersey?
By population, the largest rental markets in New Jersey are Newark, Jersey City, Paterson. Each has its own rent data, trends, and ZIP-level breakdowns on RentDataNow.
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