housing costs · New Jersey
Housing costs in Essex 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 | $1,531 | ± $19 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,459 | ± $14 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,404 | ± $12 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,279 | ± $13 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $524,100 | ± $11,118 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $494,400 | ± $6,316 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $466,500 | ± $5,655 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $414,000 | ± $5,157 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.8 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 32.5 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 32.4 % | ± 0.7 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 32.3 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Essex County is $1,531, below 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.
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