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The median home value in Monmouth County, NJ is $790,755 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.43% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$790,755
Year-over-Year
+5.43%
National Rank
#46 of 3071
Monmouth County ranks 3rd out of 21 counties in NJ by median home price, and is +237.4% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within NJ, the typical county has a median home value of $591,891, making Monmouth County +33.6% above the NJ state median.
Households here earn a median of $124,845 a year against a typical home value of $790,755 — a price-to-income ratio of 6.3×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 95% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Monmouth County recorded a violent crime rate of 149 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,248 per 100,000.
Based on 30 reporting cities covering 209,021 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Monmouth County is $790,755. That's up 5.43% from a year earlier. That is about 237.4% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Monmouth County the 3rd most expensive of 21 counties in New Jersey.
Median household income here is $124,845, so a typical home costs about 6.3× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Monmouth County recorded 149 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 209,021 residents across 30 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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