The median home value in Cranford, NJ is $798,611 as of 2026-06-30, up 5.55% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$798,611
Year-over-Year
+5.55%
Population
24,232
Cranford ranks #49 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 29.9% above the state's city median of $614,590. It sits in Union County, where the county-wide median is $641,174.
Cranford police recorded a violent crime rate of 12 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 813 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Cranford is $798,611. That's up 5.55% from a year earlier. That is about 29.9% above the typical county in New Jersey.
Homes in Cranford are more expensive than Union County as a whole, where the median is $641,174 — a difference of about 24.6%.
Cranford police reported 12 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 24,232. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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