A typical Port Reading home is worth about $549,000
Up 3.6% in a year, 5% below 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 Port Reading’s housing numbers say
Nearly every household owns
97% of Port Reading households own their home, against 64% across New Jersey. There are only 14 renter households, so rentals are scarce. The homes ↓
A median income doesn’t stretch to the towns next door
At Port Reading’s median income, the calculator’s budget of about $447K covers neither the typical home here ($549K) nor in any of the four neighboring towns. The least expensive is Woodbridge Township at $486K. Can I afford it? ↓
Written from the data on this page. Home values are the Zillow Home Value Index, through August 2026; incomes, rents paid, taxes and ownership come from the Census American Community Survey.
Up 42.3% in five years
Faster than New Jersey (35.4%).
Show as a table
| January | Port Reading | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $272,000 | $317,000 |
| 2018 | $292,000 | $330,000 |
| 2019 | $304,000 | $343,000 |
| 2020 | $332,000 | $358,000 |
| 2021 | $352,000 | $394,000 |
| 2022 | $398,000 | $441,000 |
| 2023 | $422,000 | $471,000 |
| 2024 | $469,000 | $511,000 |
| 2025 | $517,000 | $551,000 |
| 2026 | $544,000 | $568,000 |
| August 2026 | $549,000 | $580,000 |
A typical Port Reading home worth $270K in September 2016 is worth about $549K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 4.1 years of income
Less than across New Jersey (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $103K short of a typical Port Reading home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,400 a month here, $1,440 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the New Jersey typical property tax (2.11% 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 $2,400
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.
97% of Port Reading households own their home
Half of Port Reading’s homes were built before 1962.
New Jersey: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Port Reading vs. its neighbors
Port Reading is the 2nd priciest 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Reading | $549K | +3.6% | $2,400 | — | $134,479 |
| Woodbridge Township | $486K | +2.5% | $2,580 | 322 | $108,928 |
| Carteret | $565K | +6.1% | $2,690 | 72 | $96,862 |
| Sewaren | $540K | +4% | $1,970 | — | $108,948 |
| Avenel | $529K | +0.9% | $2,540 | — | $101,670 |
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 Port Reading 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.