A typical Sewaren home is worth about $540,000
Up 4% in a year, 7% below the New Jersey typical home.
Only 1 sale in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
Up 41.2% in five years
Faster than New Jersey (35.4%).
Show as a table
| January | Sewaren | New Jersey |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $277,000 | $317,000 |
| 2018 | $289,000 | $330,000 |
| 2019 | $305,000 | $343,000 |
| 2020 | $330,000 | $358,000 |
| 2021 | $357,000 | $394,000 |
| 2022 | $393,000 | $441,000 |
| 2023 | $417,000 | $471,000 |
| 2024 | $456,000 | $511,000 |
| 2025 | $506,000 | $551,000 |
| 2026 | $535,000 | $568,000 |
| August 2026 | $540,000 | $580,000 |
A typical Sewaren home worth $280K in September 2016 is worth about $540K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 5 years of income
Less than across New Jersey (5.6 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $183K short of a typical Sewaren home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,970 a month here, $1,870 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sewaren’s typical property tax (2.25% 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 $1,970
Renters already here pay a median of $1,387, 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 (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.
71% of Sewaren households own their home
Half of Sewaren’s homes were built before 1960.
New Jersey: 64% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Sewaren vs. its neighbors
Sewaren is the 3rd least expensive 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sewaren | $540K | +4% | $1,970 | — | $108,948 |
| Woodbridge | $486K | +2.5% | $2,580 | 322 | $108,928 |
| Perth Amboy | $500K | +2.6% | $2,080 | 3 | $61,977 |
| Port Reading | $549K | +3.6% | $2,400 | — | $134,479 |
| New York | $823K | +4.2% | $3,020 | 19,763 | $80,483 |
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 Sewaren buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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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.