A typical Iselin home is worth about $563,000
Up 3.7% in a year, close to the New Jersey typical home. Homes typically sell in 69 days, a little above asking.
Housing in Iselin, in brief
Buyers have time and room to negotiate
At the pace homes sold in May, it would take about 7.4 months to sell everything listed (New Jersey: 3.3). The typical home took 69 days to sell and sold at 101% of asking. How fast homes sell ↓
A median income doesn’t stretch to the towns next door
At Iselin’s median income, the calculator’s budget of about $365K covers neither the typical home here ($563K) nor in any of the four neighboring towns. The least expensive is Menlo Park Terrace at $427K. Can I afford it? ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through August 2026; sales and supply are Redfin’s for May 2026; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
Up 42.4% in five years
Faster than New Jersey (35.4%).
Show as a table
| January | Iselin | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $306,000 | $317,000 |
| 2018 | $325,000 | $330,000 |
| 2019 | $330,000 | $343,000 |
| 2020 | $354,000 | $358,000 |
| 2021 | $366,000 | $394,000 |
| 2022 | $408,000 | $441,000 |
| 2023 | $432,000 | $471,000 |
| 2024 | $481,000 | $511,000 |
| 2025 | $536,000 | $551,000 |
| 2026 | $560,000 | $568,000 |
| August 2026 | $563,000 | $580,000 |
A typical Iselin home worth $305K in September 2016 is worth about $563K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A buyer's market
More homes are for sale than are selling — about 7 months of supply. Buyers have room to negotiate.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
A typical home costs 5.1 years of income
Less than across New Jersey (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $198K short of a typical Iselin home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,770 a month here, $1,190 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Iselin’s typical property tax (2.14% 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 $2,770
Renters already here pay a median of $2,113, 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.
65% of Iselin households own their home
Half of Iselin’s homes were built before 1959.
New Jersey: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Iselin vs. its neighbors
Iselin is the 3rd least expensive of 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iselin | $563K | +3.7% | $2,770 | — | $109,500 |
| Colonia | $646K | +4.7% | $2,600 | — | $122,713 |
| Menlo Park Terrace | $427K* | +6.7%† | $2,840 | — | $110,278 |
| Woodbridge Township | $486K | +2.5% | $2,580 | 322 | $108,928 |
| Edison Township | $642K | +2.4% | $2,560 | 108 | $125,145 |
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 Iselin 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.