The story of this market
The typical home in Hunterdon County, New Jersey sells for about $646,500, or $291 per square foot.
Prices are down 4.5% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 68 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 116% since 2000. Last year 20 of 30 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. The biggest natural hazard here is strong wind, which FEMA rates relatively high. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $2,623 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $2,623 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+4.5%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2005 (+14.1%). Worst: 2009 (-8.1%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+5%
NJ · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$3,125
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+4.5%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 30 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
52
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $68,536,270.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
75.7%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6429 | 3329 | 75.7% | 2.9% | $405,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Hunterdon County, New Jersey
The Hunterdon County housing market is currently experiencing a cooling phase, with median home prices declining 4.5% year-over-year. Despite the price correction, the market remains active with a median time on market of 68 days and a median rental price of $2,700.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved up 4.2% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 34 days on market with 3.5 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
18% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 0.0% · poverty 4.2% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 1 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Each property observation weighs one in its ZIP's deterministic roll-up — property-level records (taxes, scores, permits) never roll individually. Latest property research run Oct 4, 2026.
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Hunterdon County is characterized by high-performing public school districts that are consistently ranked among the best in New Jersey.
The county has seen corporate relocations along the I-78 corridor, with major employers including Merck & Co, ExxonMobil, New York Life, and Chubb.
Property taxes in Hunterdon County are administered at the local municipal level, with rates determined by local school, municipal, and county budget requirements.
The rental market shows moderate growth with a median rent of $2,700, reflecting a 3.85% year-over-year increase.
The economy is anchored by major corporate headquarters and professional services, with significant activity along the I-78 corridor.
The county is served by major highway corridors, most notably I-78, which facilitates regional commuting.
- Sesame Place Philadelphia4.126.4 mi
- Supercharged Entertainment4.829.1 mi
- Crayola Experience4.217.4 mi
- Land of Make Believe4.523.3 mi
- Kids Castle Central Park4.822.5 mi
- Peddler's Village4.716.3 mi
- Topgolf Edison4.329.2 mi
- Supercharged Entertainment4.829.1 mi
- Grounds For Sculpture4.825.2 mi
- Shady Brook Farm4.523.6 mi
- Peddler's Village4.716.3 mi
- Crayola Experience4.217.4 mi
- Hacklebarney State Park4.716 mi
- Ringing Rocks County Park4.610.9 mi
- New Hope Railroad3.914.1 mi
- BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham4.828.1 mi
- Peddler's Village4.716.3 mi
- Crayola Experience4.217.4 mi
- Grounds For Sculpture4.825.2 mi
- Fonthill Castle4.820 mi
- Duke Farms4.815.7 mi
- Hacklebarney State Park4.716 mi
- Ringing Rocks County Park4.610.9 mi
- Colonial Park4.719.2 mi
- Nockamixon State Park4.718.3 mi
- Neshanic Valley Golf Course4.510.9 mi
- Fiddler's Elbow Country Club4.711.6 mi
- Trump National Golf Club Bedminster413.2 mi
- Architects Golf Club4.415.5 mi
- Heron Glen Golf Course4.67.7 mi
- Peddler's Village4.716.3 mi
- Bridgewater Commons4.415.9 mi
- Alstede Farms4.218.2 mi
- Ort Farms4.517.4 mi
- ShopRite of Somerville4.316 mi
- Lehigh Valley International Airport4.528 mi
- Trenton-Mercer Airport3.920.7 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
A historic landmark and museum located in Clinton, NJ.
Data retrieved from Census Reporter profile for Hunterdon County.
applies when — Land actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use meeting specific acreage and income requirements
Property is assessed based on its productive capability for agricultural use rather than its full market value, resulting in a lower tax burden.
N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.1 et seq.
New Jersey is a judicial foreclosure state, requiring lenders to file a lawsuit in Superior Court. Lenders must provide a Notice of Intention to Foreclose at least 30 days prior to commencing the action.
N.J.S.A. 2A:50-53 et seq.; NJ Courts Foreclosure procedures.
Sellers must provide a specific flood risk addendum to buyers as part of the property disclosure process.
Effective August 1, 2024, per New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs regulations.
Sellers are required to provide a standardized disclosure statement regarding the physical condition of the property to prospective buyers.
Effective August 26, 2026, per New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs regulations.
Tax is calculated as (Assessed Value * Tax Rate). Assessed value is determined by the municipal assessor at 100% of true market value. The tax rate is set by local taxing districts to cover municipal, county, and school budgets.
N.J.S.A. 54:4-1 et seq.; Article VIII, Section 1, paragraph 1 of the New Jersey Constitution.
Governance registry — every jurisdiction re-researches on a rolling 90-day cycle. Property reports compose these inherited burdens into a per-parcel ledger with conditional determinations. Informational only — not legal advice.