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The median home value in Princeton, NJ is $979,905 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.82% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$979,905
Year-over-Year
+2.82%
Population
30,838
Princeton ranks #32 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 58.5% above the state's city median of $618,410. It sits in Mercer County, where the county-wide median is $450,985.
Median household income in Princeton is $192,079, so the typical home value is about 5.1× 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).
Princeton police recorded a violent crime rate of 49 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 717 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 Princeton, that value is $979,905. That's up 2.82% from a year earlier. It is about 58.5% above the typical New Jersey city tracked here.
Homes in Princeton are more expensive than Mercer County as a whole, where the median is $450,985 — a difference of about 117.3%.
Median household income here is $192,079, so the typical home value is about 5.1× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Princeton police reported 49 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 30,838. 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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