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State data • Updated March 2026

New Jersey rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across New Jersey cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

New Jersey at a glance

$2,482Median city rent (ZORI)
5.1%Unemployment
3,320Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all New Jersey cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Margate City $20,972 +8.2%
Manasquan $8,313
Tenafly $6,100
Ventnor City $5,611 +57.7%
Spring Lake $5,100 +15.8%
Monmouth Beach $4,500
Allendale $4,238
Hoboken $3,867 +4.4%
Edgewater $3,849 +4.2%
Ridgewood $3,763

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Camden $1,739 +1.5%
Vineland $1,858
Paterson $2,054 +7.5%
East Orange $2,106 +3.1%
Newark $2,127 +1.0%
Trenton $2,140 +0.9%
Elizabeth $2,264 +1.0%
Plainfield $2,288
Passaic $2,300 +6.2%
Perth Amboy $2,348

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 New Jersey cities

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Compare cities in New Jersey

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