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The median home value in South River, NJ is $546,393 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.36% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$546,393
Year-over-Year
+2.36%
Population
16,237
South River ranks #117 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 11.6% 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 South River is $96,147, so the typical home value is about 5.7× 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).
South River 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 98 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 South River, that value is $546,393. That's up 2.36% from a year earlier. It is about 11.6% below the typical New Jersey city tracked here.
Homes in South River are cheaper than Middlesex County as a whole, where the median is $591,891 — a difference of about 7.7%.
Median household income here is $96,147, so the typical home value is about 5.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
South River police reported 49 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 16,237. 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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