A typical Pine Brook home is worth about $925,000
Up 5% in a year, 59% above the New Jersey typical home.
Only 3 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 Pine Brook?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
A typical home costs 7.3 years of income
More than across New Jersey (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $460K short of a typical Pine Brook home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $3,160 a month here, $2,690 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Pine Brook’s typical property tax (1.30% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
Up 30.6% in five years
Slower than New Jersey (35.4%).
Show as a table
| January | Pine Brook | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $616,000 | $317,000 |
| 2018 | $626,000 | $330,000 |
| 2019 | $636,000 | $343,000 |
| 2020 | $632,000 | $358,000 |
| 2021 | $669,000 | $394,000 |
| 2022 | $722,000 | $441,000 |
| 2023 | $760,000 | $471,000 |
| 2024 | $821,000 | $511,000 |
| 2025 | $875,000 | $551,000 |
| 2026 | $901,000 | $568,000 |
| August 2026 | $925,000 | $580,000 |
A typical Pine Brook home worth $616K in September 2016 is worth about $925K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $3,160
Renters already here pay a median of $2,366, 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 (Newark, 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 Pine Brook households own their home
Half of Pine Brook’s homes were built before 1973.
New Jersey: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Pine Brook vs. its neighbors
Pine Brook is the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Brook | $925K | +5% | $3,160 | — | $126,488 |
| Montville | $700K* | +4.3%† | $2,780 | 41 | $169,083 |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills | $536K* | +6.5%† | $2,710 | 153 | $112,327 |
| Fairfield | $832K | +6% | $3,310 | 0 | $115,980 |
| East Hanover | $862K | +5.4% | $3,310 | 155 | $149,583 |
| Lake Hiawatha | $429K* | +10.8%† | $1,960 | — | $104,663 |
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.
On the market in Pine Brook
Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.
Neighbors talk housing
What Pine Brook 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.