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The median home value in River Edge, NJ is $877,918 as of 2026-07-31, up 11.6% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$877,918
Year-over-Year
+11.6%
Population
12,236
River Edge ranks #40 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 42.0% above the state's city median of $618,410. It sits in Bergen County, where the county-wide median is $793,874.
Median household income in River Edge is $159,028, so the typical home value is about 5.5× 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).
River Edge police recorded a violent crime rate of 16 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 768 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 River Edge, that value is $877,918. That's up 11.6% from a year earlier. It is about 42.0% above the typical New Jersey city tracked here.
Homes in River Edge are more expensive than Bergen County as a whole, where the median is $793,874 — a difference of about 10.6%.
Median household income here is $159,028, so the typical home value is about 5.5× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
River Edge police reported 16 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 12,236. 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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