Most Affordable Cities in New Jersey.

Cities in New Jersey ranked by median rent as a share of median household income.

153 cities ranked · See the national list

#	City	Population	Median Rent	Rent / Income	Median Income	Median Home Value
1	Oakland	12,768	$1,383	10%	$162,019	$591,300
2	Upper Montclair	12,457	$2,237	11%	$250,000+	$989,000
3	Glen Rock	12,154	$1,930	11%	$215,096	$856,900
4	Hillsdale	10,144	$1,764	11%	$186,688	$677,500
5	Haddonfield	12,595	$1,897	11%	$200,400	$755,300
6	Westfield	31,111	$2,357	12%	$232,629	$953,400
7	Martinsville	11,559	$2,171	13%	$205,000	$720,400
8	Brookdale	9,960	$1,791	13%	$161,779	$573,500
9	Oak Ridge	10,954	$1,372	14%	$121,875	$436,100
10	New Providence	13,727	$1,903	14%	$161,599	$769,900
11	River Edge	12,091	$1,879	14%	$159,028	$660,300
12	Moorestown-Lenola	14,625	$1,648	14%	$138,398	$581,700
13	Ridgewood	26,308	$2,499	14%	$208,211	$891,200
14	Budd Lake	10,650	$1,402	15%	$114,154	$456,100
15	Short Hills	14,923	$3,126	15%	$250,000+	$1,674,100
16	Mercerville	13,535	$1,621	15%	$128,277	$358,600
17	Summit	22,705	$2,430	15%	$190,304	$994,500
18	Blackwells Mills	10,301	$3,206	15%	$250,000+	$735,000
19	Robertsville	12,035	$2,715	15%	$210,661	$685,100
20	Old Bridge	28,236	$1,459	16%	$111,996	$485,800
21	Madison	16,447	$2,253	16%	$171,471	$943,200
22	Metuchen	15,144	$2,078	16%	$158,052	$604,300
23	Fair Lawn	35,610	$1,917	16%	$144,574	$564,700
24	Bergenfield	28,450	$1,752	16%	$130,045	$491,500
25	Middlesex	14,645	$1,416	16%	$105,000	$446,400
26	Franklin Lakes	11,084	$3,230	16%	$235,795	$1,264,000
27	Princeton	30,756	$2,636	16%	$192,079	$1,050,600
28	Rutherford	18,894	$1,966	16%	$143,153	$603,600
29	Hasbrouck Heights	12,115	$1,700	16%	$123,734	$552,900
30	Hillsborough	22,585	$1,986	17%	$144,112	$435,700
31	Wood-Ridge	10,218	$1,878	17%	$136,108	$566,200
32	Ramsey	14,805	$2,245	17%	$160,996	$697,300
33	Williamstown	14,705	$1,266	17%	$89,414	$278,600
34	Dumont	18,279	$1,787	17%	$126,071	$497,400
35	Lake Hopatcong	10,259	$1,686	17%	$117,625	$424,200
36	Preakness	18,520	$1,918	17%	$133,205	$617,700
37	Lake Hiawatha	11,018	$1,550	18%	$104,663	$428,600
38	Pompton Lakes	11,047	$1,845	18%	$124,454	$442,400
39	Westwood	11,283	$2,458	18%	$165,781	$606,400
40	Sicklerville	44,998	$1,566	18%	$105,602	$278,900
41	Greentree	11,537	$2,176	18%	$145,823	$438,400
42	Bradley Gardens	14,165	$2,670	18%	$177,849	$546,300
43	Lincoln Park	10,957	$1,857	18%	$123,397	$443,300
44	Roselle Park	14,093	$1,663	18%	$109,679	$443,200
45	Westmont	14,195	$1,754	18%	$115,317	$422,200
46	Princeton Meadows	15,561	$2,010	18%	$131,213	$665,700
47	Hopatcong	14,565	$1,777	18%	$115,758	$340,700
48	New Milford	16,995	$1,765	18%	$114,889	$580,400
49	The Hills	10,785	$2,376	18%	$154,564	$577,000
50	Hamilton Square	11,622	$2,139	19%	$138,162	$397,000
51	Wanaque	11,206	$1,778	19%	$113,175	$400,700
52	Maywood	10,093	$1,854	19%	$117,912	$533,500
53	Hackettstown	10,140	$1,469	19%	$93,083	$361,600
54	South Plainfield	24,473	$2,107	19%	$130,239	$470,900
55	Hoboken	58,668	$2,938	20%	$180,579	$895,100
56	West Freehold	14,883	$2,144	20%	$130,800	$529,000
57	Bellmawr	11,737	$1,257	20%	$76,654	$239,400
58	Pennsville	12,233	$1,252	20%	$76,032	$207,600
59	Collingswood	14,205	$1,488	20%	$90,184	$380,400
60	Fords	12,771	$1,913	20%	$115,861	$438,000
61	Ocean City	11,261	$1,683	20%	$101,782	$840,500
62	Hawthorne	19,628	$1,830	20%	$110,237	$533,700
63	Colonia	18,587	$2,047	20%	$122,713	$493,100
64	Point Pleasant	19,334	$1,930	20%	$115,625	$575,300
65	Tenafly	15,319	$3,500+	20%	$208,200	$1,002,600
66	Roselle	22,646	$1,567	20%	$92,762	$379,900
67	Phillipsburg	15,299	$1,167	20%	$68,324	$193,200
68	Secaucus	21,778	$2,391	21%	$139,821	$571,900
69	Sayreville	45,838	$1,711	21%	$99,979	$444,100
70	Ridgefield Park	13,235	$1,731	21%	$100,718	$496,700
71	Toms River	94,956	$1,731	21%	$100,137	$403,600
72	Somerville	13,410	$1,802	21%	$103,760	$435,700
73	Clifton	89,379	$1,711	21%	$98,237	$461,900
74	South River	16,124	$1,675	21%	$96,147	$405,200
75	Parsippany	21,345	$1,742	21%	$99,405	$555,400
76	Somerset	22,720	$2,121	21%	$121,028	$438,800
77	Eatontown	13,575	$1,601	21%	$90,463	$492,400
78	Ridgefield	11,498	$2,095	21%	$118,059	$646,200
79	East Franklin	11,070	$2,056	21%	$115,458	$385,900
80	Highland Park	15,121	$1,873	21%	$104,694	$471,700
81	Millville	27,511	$1,261	22%	$70,275	$219,000
82	Vineland	61,006	$1,233	22%	$67,860	$240,700
83	Marlton	10,922	$1,720	22%	$94,464	$341,100
84	Totowa	10,959	$2,072	22%	$113,563	$559,300
85	Ocean Acres	19,204	$2,241	22%	$121,924	$402,500
86	North Arlington	16,461	$1,738	22%	$94,201	$474,500
87	Woodland Park	13,355	$1,839	22%	$98,845	$497,600
88	Linden	44,192	$1,731	22%	$92,915	$419,700
89	Morristown	20,453	$2,274	22%	$121,340	$567,600
90	Avenel	17,121	$1,906	22%	$101,670	$401,000
91	Franklin Park	13,211	$2,157	23%	$114,946	$336,600
92	Wallington	11,889	$1,625	23%	$85,862	$528,300
93	Lodi	26,082	$1,714	23%	$89,305	$475,000
94	Englewood	29,638	$1,977	23%	$102,571	$544,100
95	Iselin	19,551	$2,113	23%	$109,500	$426,800
96	Glassboro	23,717	$1,687	23%	$87,278	$314,400
97	White Horse	10,507	$2,046	23%	$105,758	$308,200
98	Waldwick	10,164	$3,446	23%	$177,962	$588,500
99	Pine Hill	10,802	$1,411	23%	$72,588	$204,600
100	Somers Point	10,515	$1,383	23%	$71,062	$309,200
101	Florham Park	13,564	$3,109	24%	$158,696	$791,400
102	Cliffside Park	25,781	$1,837	24%	$93,452	$588,200
103	Manville	10,921	$1,844	24%	$93,333	$354,300
104	East Rutherford	10,313	$1,952	24%	$97,993	$458,100
105	Woodbridge	20,756	$2,091	24%	$104,926	$390,000
106	Bayonne	71,553	$1,682	24%	$83,887	$460,100
107	North Plainfield	22,809	$1,752	24%	$87,349	$374,700
108	Rahway	30,109	$1,845	24%	$91,461	$386,400
109	Elmwood Park	21,412	$2,074	24%	$101,740	$483,700
110	Jersey City	294,078	$2,007	25%	$97,710	$566,900
111	Cherry Hill Mall	14,541	$2,132	25%	$103,708	$341,200
112	Plainfield	55,236	$1,767	25%	$85,908	$410,800
113	Hammonton	14,840	$1,611	25%	$78,087	$349,800
114	Echelon	13,284	$1,717	25%	$82,932	$328,600
115	Red Bank	12,862	$2,026	25%	$97,477	$504,900
116	Edgewater	14,759	$2,579	25%	$124,050	$715,700
117	Little Ferry	10,996	$1,783	25%	$85,750	$429,300
118	Carteret	25,496	$2,032	25%	$96,862	$405,800
119	Paramus	26,568	$3,032	25%	$144,349	$813,900
120	Fort Lee	40,067	$2,270	25%	$107,274	$448,000
121	Garfield	32,783	$1,688	25%	$79,700	$475,500
122	Palisades Park	20,290	$2,009	25%	$94,743	$719,600
123	Freehold	12,507	$1,832	26%	$85,707	$416,800
124	Kearny	40,614	$1,720	26%	$79,154	$459,400
125	Bound Brook	12,219	$1,973	26%	$90,571	$397,100
126	Beachwood	11,088	$2,335	26%	$106,858	$352,600
127	Guttenberg	11,754	$1,677	27%	$75,683	$379,000
128	Hackensack	46,057	$1,911	27%	$84,277	$393,700
129	Asbury Park	15,295	$1,722	27%	$75,544	$581,100
130	Gloucester City	11,509	$1,484	27%	$64,938	$190,700
131	Elizabeth	137,302	$1,523	27%	$66,555	$449,300
132	Long Branch	32,530	$1,876	28%	$79,653	$574,000
133	Lindenwold	21,719	$1,323	28%	$55,954	$173,600
134	East Orange	70,090	$1,441	28%	$60,830	$365,900
135	Union City	66,463	$1,537	29%	$64,310	$471,600
136	West New York	52,004	$1,716	29%	$71,729	$465,600
137	Harrison	20,369	$2,226	29%	$93,013	$505,800
138	Bridgeton	27,001	$1,340	29%	$55,781	$145,500
139	Trenton	90,338	$1,294	30%	$52,537	$160,700
140	Dover	18,563	$1,825	30%	$73,737	$366,700
141	Pleasantville	20,712	$1,354	30%	$53,661	$194,100
142	McKee City	10,731	$1,799	32%	$68,133	$218,100
143	Passaic	70,002	$1,465	32%	$55,371	$429,900
144	Pompton Plains	10,971	$3,129	32%	$117,959	$539,000
145	Fairview	15,099	$1,694	32%	$63,606	$511,400
146	Newark	310,178	$1,392	32%	$52,060	$373,700
147	Perth Amboy	55,855	$1,688	33%	$61,977	$370,600
148	New Brunswick	56,345	$1,814	33%	$65,810	$353,800
149	Paterson	158,735	$1,548	33%	$55,997	$360,100
150	Atlantic City	38,632	$1,136	33%	$41,028	$207,400
151	Lakewood	69,585	$1,718	36%	$56,968	$715,500
152	Camden	71,496	$1,226	36%	$40,546	$112,000
153	Holiday City-Berkeley	12,995	$1,640	39%	$50,156	$266,200