Zip lookup · NJ

08079
Salem, New Jersey.

Salem, Salem County, NJ · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro · population 10,762

What it costs per month · 08079 $1,233/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$789 (+178%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $1,859 +1%
$232,977$234,836 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $62,153 +36%
$172,683$234,836 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 08079 $1,233 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08079$1,233
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 11 years.

Typical home values in zip 08079 rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Salem, NJ — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,650 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $234,836 as of Sep 2026
+0.8%year on year

Asking rent — 08079

Against the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro and the national benchmark.

$1,600 $1,700 $1,800 $1,900 2026 08079 $1,650 Philadelphia $1,903 United States $1,930
$1,600 $1,700 $1,800 $1,900 2026
  • 08079$1,650
  • Philadelphia$1,903
  • United States$1,930

Typical home value — 08079

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08079 $234,836 Philadelphia $386,048 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08079$234,836
  • Philadelphia$386,048
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 40 zips in range — sorting picks from all 40.

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4.1 08001 Alloway 854 — $300,108
7.0 08070 Pennsville 12,511 — $277,479
8.5 08098 Woodstown 9,680 — $401,543
8.7 19706 Delaware City 2,038 — $293,618
9.0 19731 Port Penn 655 — $292,558
9.2 08353 Shiloh 228 — $248,708
10.8 08323 Greenwich 731 — $280,270
11.0 08069 Penns Grove 13,413 $1,950 $243,789
11.5 08302 Bridgeton 47,279 $1,475 $250,518
11.7 19720 New Castle 62,392 $1,687 $276,574
11.8 19733 Saint Georges 186 — $309,746
13.6 08318 Elmer 11,961 — $350,907
13.6 08067 Pedricktown 1,711 — $344,093
13.6 19730 Odessa 425 — $404,810
13.9 19709 Middletown 53,234 $2,755 $535,757
14.2 19801 Wilmington 16,327 $1,809 $178,383
14.5 19701 Bear 42,984 $2,419 $418,810
15.3 19809 Wilmington 14,311 $1,653 $319,144
15.5 08343 Monroeville 4,729 — $389,856
15.7 19804 Wilmington 18,779 $1,837 $276,255
15.7 08085 Swedesboro 22,340 $2,419 $481,049
15.7 19802 Wilmington 26,051 $1,656 $198,687
16.0 19734 Townsend 14,214 — $486,180
16.3 08062 Mullica Hill 17,935 — $603,462
16.4 19805 Wilmington 41,402 $1,554 $216,108
16.7 19806 Wilmington 9,777 $1,884 $361,456
16.7 19702 Newark 55,683 $2,022 $350,587
17.2 19713 Newark 30,747 $2,037 $316,354
18.1 19703 Claymont 15,460 $1,727 $324,909
18.2 19977 Smyrna 27,704 — $397,181

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.