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Housing in Marmora

A typical Marmora home is worth about $507,000

Up 7% in a year, 13% below the New Jersey typical home.

Typical home value
$507K
▲ 7% in a year · NJ $580K
Zillow
Median sale price
$480K
April 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
2
in April · 9 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$2,160
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$5,970
NJ $9,590

Only 2 sales in April 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 Marmora?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Price trend

Up 41% in five years

Faster than New Jersey (35.4%).

MarmoraNew Jersey
$200K$250K$300K$350K$400K$450K$500K$550K$600K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryMarmoraNew Jersey
2017$248,000$317,000
2018$261,000$330,000
2019$273,000$343,000
2020$290,000$358,000
2021$325,000$394,000
2022$369,000$441,000
2023$391,000$471,000
2024$423,000$511,000
2025$463,000$551,000
2026$482,000$568,000
August 2026$507,000$580,000
Then & now

A typical Marmora home worth $243K in September 2016 is worth about $507K today.

+$264K
+7%
past year
+41%
past 5 years
+108.7%
since 2016

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

The homes

88% of Marmora households own their home

Half of Marmora’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

New Jersey: 64% own.

1982
typical home built · NJ 1970
$5,970
median property tax bill · NJ $9,590
1.36%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NJ 2.11%
33%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Affordability

A typical home costs 4.8 years of income

Less than across New Jersey (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$388,000
Typical Marmora home $507K

That’s $119K short of a typical Marmora home.

The typical home, each month
$3,230
Loan $2,510Tax $570Insurance $150

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,160 a month here, $1,070 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Marmora’s typical property tax (1.36% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,160

Renters already here pay a median of $1,875, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,590
1 bedroom$1,650
2 bedrooms$2,160
3 bedrooms$2,890
4 bedrooms$2,900
12%
of households rent · NJ 36%
116
renter households
74%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NJ 52%
25%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,875
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cape May County, 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.

Next door

Marmora vs. its neighbors

Marmora is the priciest of 3 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Marmora$507K+7%$2,160$105,536
Palermo$395K*−3.7%†$2,300$101,005
Beesleys Point$340K*+3.1%†$2,160—

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.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, April 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.

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