Home Values In These 11 NJ Counties Among Highest In Nation: See Data

NEW JERSEY — New Jersey's most expensive counties to buy a house are continuing to increase in price, some by more than 9 percent since last fall.

Patch took a look at Zillow data for more than 3,000 U.S. counties, to see which places around the nation have the highest typical home values. There are 11 New Jersey counties among the top five percent of the priciest counties, the data shows.

We also compared how typical home prices changed from October 2023 to October 2024.

The most recent Zillow Home Value Index data is through the month of September, so it is current as of Oct. 1. The "typical home value" represent the values of all properties in the middle third of the market, not just the sale prices.

In October, three U.S. counties had typical home prices over $2 million: Nantucket County, Mass.; Pitkin County, Colo.; and Teton County, Wyo.

Here are the 11 New Jersey counties within the top 150, and where they fall:

57.: Cape May County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $714,438
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 4.3 percent

63.: Monmouth County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $703,656
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 7.9 percent

64.: Bergen County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $700,973
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 8.1 percent

82.: Morris County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $655,024
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 8.3 percent

86.: Somerset County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $631,908
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 9.1 percent

93.: Essex County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $617,899
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 8.9 percent

102.: Hudson County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $607,974
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 6.17 percent

107.: Hunterdon County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $597,218
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 7.73 percent

113.: Union County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $589,413
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 6.9 percent

141.: Passaic County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $545,832
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 8.8 percent

142.: Middlesex County

• Typical home value, Oct. 2024: $544,012
• Percent change, 2023-2024: 9.5 percent