housing costs · New Jersey
Housing costs in Ocean 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 | $1,755 | ± $30 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,702 | ± $31 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,639 | ± $30 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,538 | ± $36 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $398,400 | ± $3,284 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $366,600 | ± $3,904 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $343,500 | ± $3,096 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $298,800 | ± $2,810 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 35.2 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 35.4 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 35.9 % | ± 1.5 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 35.8 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Ocean County is $1,755, 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.