A typical Cookstown home is worth roughly $381,000
The median sale price was $120,000 in May 2026.
Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
What kind of housing town is Cookstown?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 3.6 years of income
Less than across New Jersey (4.4 years). Try your own numbers below.
That covers a typical Cookstown home, with $10K to spare.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,400 a month here, $1,030 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cookstown’s typical property tax (1.38% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
93% of Cookstown households own their home
Half of Cookstown’s homes were built before 1980.
New Jersey: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,400
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Cookstown vs. its neighbors
Cookstown is the least expensive of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown | $381K* | — | $1,400 | — | $107,083 |
| New Hanover | $447K | +2.1% | $2,580 | 2 | $107,292 |
| North Hanover | $568K | +3.4% | $1,690 | 14 | $86,683 |
Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.
Neighbors talk housing
What Cookstown buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.