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The median home value in Perth Amboy, NJ is $504,481 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.2% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$504,481
Year-over-Year
+2.2%
Population
56,409
Perth Amboy ranks #134 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 18.4% below the state's city median of $618,410. It sits in Middlesex County, where the county-wide median is $591,891.
Median household income in Perth Amboy is $61,977, so the typical home value is about 8.1× 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).
Perth Amboy police recorded a violent crime rate of 392 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,369 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
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 Perth Amboy, that value is $504,481. That's up 2.2% from a year earlier. It is about 18.4% below the typical New Jersey city tracked here.
Homes in Perth Amboy are cheaper than Middlesex County as a whole, where the median is $591,891 — a difference of about 14.8%.
Median household income here is $61,977, so the typical home value is about 8.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Perth Amboy police reported 392 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 56,409. 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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