housing costs · New Jersey
Housing costs in Middlesex 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 | $1,871 | ± $20 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,810 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,739 | ± $16 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,612 | ± $17 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $462,900 | ± $2,710 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $439,300 | ± $3,579 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $411,900 | ± $3,355 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $362,900 | ± $2,299 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.1 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 28.4 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 28.2 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 28.5 % | ± 0.6 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Middlesex County is $1,871, 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.