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Housing in Roebling

A typical Roebling home is worth about $305,000

Down 1.1% in a year, 47% below the New Jersey typical home.

Typical home value
$305K
▼ 1.1% in a year · NJ $580K
Zillow
Median sale price
$320K
May 2026 · Redfin
Homes sold
3
in May · 8 for sale
2-bedroom rent
$2,080
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,661
NJ $9,590

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 Roebling?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Roebling home $305K

That’s $17K short of a typical Roebling home.

The typical home, each month
$2,200
Loan $1,510Tax $600Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,080 a month here, $120 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Roebling’s typical property tax (2.35% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

86% of Roebling households own their home

Half of Roebling’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 86%Rent 14%

New Jersey: 64% own.

1938
typical home built · NJ 1970
$4,661
median property tax bill · NJ $9,590
2.35%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · NJ 2.11%

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

Price trend

Up 29.7% in five years

Slower than New Jersey (35.4%).

RoeblingNew Jersey
$100K$200K$300K$400K$500K$600K20182020202220242026
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JanuaryRoeblingNew Jersey
2017$181,000$317,000
2018$179,000$330,000
2019$184,000$343,000
2020$195,000$358,000
2021$212,000$394,000
2022$243,000$441,000
2023$262,000$471,000
2024$289,000$511,000
2025$312,000$551,000
2026$310,000$568,000
August 2026$305,000$580,000
Then & now

A typical Roebling home worth $182K in September 2016 is worth about $305K today.

+$123K
−1.1%
past year
+29.7%
past 5 years
+67.5%
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 $2,080

Renters already here pay a median of $1,818, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,600
1 bedroom$1,750
2 bedrooms$2,080
3 bedrooms$2,490
4 bedrooms$2,780
14%
of households rent · NJ 36%
162
renter households
33%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · NJ 52%
28%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,818
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Next door

Roebling vs. its neighbors

Roebling is the least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Roebling$305K−1.1%$2,080—$88,750
Florence$314K+1.8%$1,8302$105,631
Mansfield$522K+3.5%$1,9203$115,595
Falls$362K*+6%†$1,8901$93,223
Bordentown$445K+2.3%$1,9309$109,832

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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