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The median home value in Watchung, NJ is $1,096,121 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.26% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,096,121
Year-over-Year
+4.26%
Population
6,594
Watchung ranks #20 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 77.2% above the state's city median of $618,410. It sits in Somerset County, where the county-wide median is $672,427.
Median household income in Watchung is $173,672, so the typical home value is about 6.3× 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).
Watchung police recorded a violent crime rate of 15 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 4,201 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 Watchung, that value is $1,096,121. That's up 4.26% from a year earlier. It is about 77.2% above the typical New Jersey city tracked here.
Homes in Watchung are more expensive than Somerset County as a whole, where the median is $672,427 — a difference of about 63.0%.
Median household income here is $173,672, so the typical home value is about 6.3× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Watchung police reported 15 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,594. 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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