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Median Home Price in New Brunswick, NJ

The median home value in New Brunswick, NJ is $439,421, up 0.18% from a year earlier.

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City housing-data period: September 2026. City source retrieval/check time (UTC) is recorded in the feed's updated field when available, not in the housing-data period.

Checked daily for new monthly Zillow releases, not new daily prices. Income and crime data are updated separately, not by the daily housing-data check. Unavailable means observation dates are missing or invalid.

Median Home Value

$439,421

Year-over-Year

+0.18%

Population

57,259

Home value history

The typical home value decreased by 2.3%, from $449,564 in May 2026 to $439,421 in Sep 2026.

New Brunswick, NJ typical home value from May 2026 to Sep 2026

Monthly Zillow Home Value Index snapshots retained by HomePriceMap. A short history is shown now and grows automatically as each new monthly release arrives.

New Brunswick, NJ monthly home value history
MonthTypical home valueYear-over-year change
May 2026$449,564+0.5%
Jun 2026$452,183+0.5%
Jul 2026$449,176+0.6%
Aug 2026$448,096+0.6%
Sep 2026$439,421+0.2%

New Brunswick ranks #140 of 171 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 29.7% below the state's city median of $624,825. It sits in Middlesex County, where the county-wide median is $579,852.

Housing affordability in New Brunswick

Median household income in New Brunswick is $65,810, so the typical home value is about 6.7× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in New Brunswick

New Brunswick police recorded a violent crime rate of 699 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,627 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about New Brunswick

What is the average home price in New Brunswick, NJ?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In New Brunswick, that value is $439,421. That's up 0.18% from a year earlier. It is about 29.7% below the typical New Jersey city tracked here.

Is New Brunswick expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in New Brunswick are cheaper than Middlesex County as a whole, where the median is $579,852 — a difference of about 24.2%.

Is New Brunswick affordable?

Median household income here is $65,810, so the typical home value is about 6.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is New Brunswick a safe place to live?

New Brunswick police reported 699 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 57,259. 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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