New Jersey · 547 scored ZIPs · September 2026

New Jersey: the market leans toward sellers.

Conditions tightening in sellers' favor. That is the population-weighted reading across 547 scored ZIPs in New Jersey. Typical home value $615K, +3.7% over 12 months on average; listings take 45 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Redfin, May 2026

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New Jersey547 scored ZIPs

Leaning seller+15

Typical value$615K+3.7% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Days on market45 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com

Listings with a price cut15%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com

Typical rent$2,608/mo+3.0% over 12 months, average · Zillow, Aug 2026

Active listings21,015Across 546 ZIPs · Realtor.com

Sale-to-list101.8%52% sold above list, average · Redfin, May 2026

HavenScore43of 100

Average of 547 scored ZIPs, weighted by population · the median U.S. ZIP scores 50

Affordability29

Growth48

Risk45

Momentum58

Livability64

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

On the map

547 scored ZIPs in New Jersey, colored by market balance.

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BuyersEvenSellers

One dot is one ZIP code; click a dot to open its page. Blue leans toward buyers, orange toward sellers.

Market report

What the latest figures say about New Jersey.

Market report · home values through August 2026, listings through September 2026 · By the HavenScore Editorial Team

Illustration of two-story colonials and cape houses with neat lawns and tall oaks in spring

In New Jersey, typical home values rose by an average of 3.7% over the year to August 2026, weighted by population across its 547 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

Figures for a city or a state are averages across its scored ZIP codes, weighted by population, so each ZIP counts in proportion to its residents. Where only some ZIPs report a figure, the sentence names how many.

In New Jersey, the average typical home value stood at $615K in August 2026, weighted by population across its 547 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).

In September 2026, the average HavenScore balance in New Jersey was +15, in our Leaning seller band, weighted by population across its 547 scored ZIPs.

The HavenScore balance reads signals such as inventory, time on market and the share of listings with a price cut on one scale, from buyers at one end to sellers at the other. A reading below zero favors buyers, and one above zero favors sellers.

How fast homes are selling

In September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in New Jersey averaged 45 days, weighted by population across the 546 of its 547 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Days on market here is each ZIP code's median number of days a Realtor.com listing spends on the market, from the day it is listed until it closes or is withdrawn, averaged across the place's ZIP codes.

In New Jersey, the share of listings with a price cut averaged 15% in September 2026, weighted by population across the 545 of its 547 scored ZIPs that report it; for the median U.S. ZIP it was 20% (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).

Summed across the 546 ZIPs in New Jersey that report them, active listings came to 21,015 in September 2026, according to Realtor.com.

How to read these figures

Each figure names its own month: Zillow's home values and Realtor.com's listings data publish on their own schedules, so the two can sit a month apart. A figure describes that month, not the day this page was updated.

Market cycle

Where each city sits: price momentum against buyer-seller pressure.

5 of 12 New Jersey cities read Accelerating — prices rising with the market leaning toward sellers.

Buyer's market
Leaning buyer
Balanced
Leaning seller
Seller's market
Named city (ink ring)

Cooling2 cities
Prices still up over the year, but the market now leans toward buyers.
Toms River, Plainfield
Accelerating5 cities
Prices rising with the market leaning toward sellers.
Paterson, Clifton, Elizabeth and 2 more
Softening4 cities
Prices down over the year with the market leaning toward buyers.
Trenton, Jersey City, Camden and 1 more
Firming1 city
Prices still down over the year, but the market now leans toward sellers.
Newark

Each dot is a city with three or more scored ZIPs, placed by its population-weighted balance (right leans toward sellers) and its trailing-year price change (up is rising, Zillow ZHVI). Axes fit this state’s own spread and always include zero. Pressure tends to turn before prices do, which is what Cooling and Firming name.

Every city in the chart

City	Read	Prices, trailing year	Balance	ZIPs
Camden	Softening	−5.9%	−22	4
Cherry Hill	Accelerating	+5.0%	+12	3
Clifton	Accelerating	+3.4%	+15	4
Edison	Accelerating	+2.6%	+6	3
Elizabeth	Accelerating	+2.2%	+15	4
Ewing	Softening	−3.2%	−13	3
Jersey City	Softening	−0.1%	−2	6
Newark	Firming	−1.6%	+1	9
Paterson	Accelerating	+3.5%	+22	8
Plainfield	Cooling	+0.3%	−7	3
Toms River	Cooling	+2.3%	−12	4
Trenton	Softening	−1.9%	−6	8

Top ZIPs

The ten highest HavenScores among ZIPs with 5,000+ residents.

Rank	Market balance	ZIP	HavenScore	Typical value
1	+7, balanced	08054Mt Laurel Township, NJ	57	$404K
2	+24, leaning seller	08051Mantua, NJ	55	$320K
3	+8, balanced	08515Chesterfield Township, NJ	55	$713K
4	+6, balanced	08518Florence, NJ	55	$345K
5	+27, leaning seller	07310Jersey City, NJ	54	$958K
6	+11, leaning seller	08053Evesham Township, NJ	54	$502K
7	+18, leaning seller	08077Cinnaminson Township, NJ	54	$467K
8	+20, leaning seller	08080Sewell, NJ	54	$446K
9	+28, leaning seller	08090Wenonah, NJ	53	$368K
10	+5, balanced	08221Linwood, NJ	53	$498K

The score only ranks ZIPs with 5,000+ residents — thinner markets are too noisy month-to-month. National leaderboards → Every scored ZIP in New Jersey, by county →

Cities

12 cities with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	City		HavenScore
1	Camden	−22	43
2	Ewing	−13	42
3	Toms River	−12	48
4	Plainfield	−7	34
5	Trenton	−6	47
6	Jersey City	−2	45
7	Newark	+1	34
8	Edison	+6	47
9	Cherry Hill	+12	50
10	Elizabeth	+15	34
11	Clifton	+15	37
12	Paterson	+22	29

Balance and HavenScore, 0–100, are population-weighted averages of each city’s scored ZIPs. All cities, every state →

Counties

21 counties with three or more scored ZIPs, from the strongest lean toward buyers to the strongest toward sellers.

Rank	County		HavenScore
1	Salem County	−26	39
2	Cumberland County	−19	43
3	Mercer County	−4	46
4	Atlantic County	−1	46
5	Cape May County	+1	40
6	Ocean County	+4	46
7	Camden County	+8	47
8	Burlington County	+9	51
9	Hudson County	+9	46
10	Middlesex County	+12	45
11	Essex County	+14	38
12	Union County	+14	38

The other 9 counties, A to Z

County		HavenScore
Bergen County	+38	43
Gloucester County	+17	50
Hunterdon County	+22	43
Monmouth County	+23	43
Morris County	+32	42
Passaic County	+17	35
Somerset County	+24	46
Sussex County	+18	44
Warren County	+15	45

Each county opens its page of the cheapest scored ZIPs.

Questions about New Jersey

Answers from the latest figures, each with its month.

Is New Jersey a buyer's market?
As of September 2026, New Jersey sits in our Leaning seller band, with an average HavenScore balance of +15 on a scale from −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers), weighted by population across its 547 scored ZIPs.
Are home values falling in New Jersey?
As of August 2026, typical home values in New Jersey had risen by an average of 3.7% over the previous 12 months, weighted by population across its 547 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).
How long do homes take to sell in New Jersey?
As of September 2026, the ZIP-level median time on market in New Jersey averaged 45 days, weighted by population across the 546 of its 547 scored ZIPs that report it, against 60 days for the median U.S. ZIP (based on Realtor.com ZIP-level data).
What does a typical home cost in New Jersey?
As of August 2026, the average typical home value in New Jersey was $615K, weighted by population across its 547 scored ZIPs (based on Zillow ZIP-level data).