A typical Fords home is worth about $541,000
Up 4% in a year, 7% below the New Jersey typical home.
Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
Up 43.5% in five years
Faster than New Jersey (35.4%).
Show as a table
| January | Fords | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $280,000 | $317,000 |
| 2018 | $295,000 | $330,000 |
| 2019 | $305,000 | $343,000 |
| 2020 | $327,000 | $358,000 |
| 2021 | $351,000 | $394,000 |
| 2022 | $387,000 | $441,000 |
| 2023 | $403,000 | $471,000 |
| 2024 | $450,000 | $511,000 |
| 2025 | $504,000 | $551,000 |
| 2026 | $529,000 | $568,000 |
| August 2026 | $541,000 | $580,000 |
A typical Fords home worth $278K in September 2016 is worth about $541K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 4.7 years of income
Less than across New Jersey (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $162K short of a typical Fords home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,610 a month here, $1,250 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fords’s typical property tax (2.28% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,610
Renters already here pay a median of $1,913, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
72% of Fords households own their home
Half of Fords’s homes were built before 1957.
New Jersey: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Fords vs. its neighbors
Fords is the 2nd priciest of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fords | $541K | +4% | $2,610 | — | $115,861 |
| Keasbey | $279K* | — | $2,370 | — | — |
| Woodbridge | $486K | +2.5% | $2,580 | 322 | $108,928 |
| Edison | $642K | +2.4% | $2,560 | 108 | $125,145 |
| Hopelawn | $372K* | +11.4%† | $2,080 | — | $113,242 |
| Menlo Park Terrace | $427K* | +6.7%† | $2,840 | — | $110,278 |
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 Fords buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.