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Housing in Mays Landing

A typical Mays Landing home is worth about $310,000

Up 1.5% in a year, 47% below the New Jersey typical home.

Typical home value
$310K
▲ 1.5% in a year · NJ $580K
Zillow
Median sale price
$165K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
4
in May · 34 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$2,140
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$5,949
NJ $9,590

Only 4 sales 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 Mays Landing?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$272,000
Typical Mays Landing home $310K

That’s $39K short of a typical Mays Landing home.

The typical home, each month
$2,210
Loan $1,540Tax $580Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,140 a month here, $70 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, Mays Landing’s typical property tax (2.26% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Up 37.9% in five years

About the same pace as New Jersey (35.4%).

Mays LandingNew Jersey
$100K$200K$300K$400K$500K$600K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryMays LandingNew Jersey
2017$148,000$317,000
2018$158,000$330,000
2019$164,000$343,000
2020$178,000$358,000
2021$203,000$394,000
2022$236,000$441,000
2023$257,000$471,000
2024$284,000$511,000
2025$302,000$551,000
2026$307,000$568,000
August 2026$310,000$580,000
Then & now

A typical Mays Landing home worth $152K in September 2016 is worth about $310K today.

+$159K
+1.5%
past year
+37.9%
past 5 years
+104.6%
since 2016

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,140

Renters already here pay a median of $1,131, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,540
1 bedroom$1,760
2 bedrooms$2,140
3 bedrooms$2,960
4 bedrooms$3,270
23%
of households rent · NJ 36%
563
renter households
37%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NJ 52%
31%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,131
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Atlantic City-Hammonton, 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.

The homes

77% of Mays Landing households own their home

Half of Mays Landing’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

New Jersey: 64% own.

1985
typical home built · NJ 1970
$5,949
median property tax bill · NJ $9,590
2.26%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NJ 2.11%

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

Next door

Mays Landing vs. its neighbors

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

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Mays Landing$310K+1.5%$2,140—$83,056
Hamilton$246K*+8.3%†$2,0907$78,850
Weymouth$170K*+8.5%†$2,0500$72,459

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, 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.

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