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The median home value in West Long Branch, NJ is $1,008,384 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.65% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$1,008,384
Year-over-Year
+5.65%
Population
8,545
West Long Branch ranks #31 of 184 New Jersey cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 63.1% above the state's city median of $618,410. It sits in Monmouth County, where the county-wide median is $790,755.
Median household income in West Long Branch is $114,271, so the typical home value is about 8.8× 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).
West Long Branch police recorded a violent crime rate of 47 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,147 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 West Long Branch, that value is $1,008,384. That's up 5.65% from a year earlier. It is about 63.1% above the typical New Jersey city tracked here.
Homes in West Long Branch are more expensive than Monmouth County as a whole, where the median is $790,755 — a difference of about 27.5%.
Median household income here is $114,271, so the typical home value is about 8.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
West Long Branch police reported 47 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,545. 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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