housing costs · New Jersey
Housing costs in Bergen County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $1,914 | ± $21 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,863 | ± $15 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,782 | ± $14 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,637 | ± $20 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $623,000 | ± $4,306 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $593,200 | ± $4,951 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $561,500 | ± $5,191 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $489,600 | ± $2,733 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.5 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.8 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 29.4 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.0 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Bergen County is $1,914, above the New Jersey median of $1,623 across 21 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.