Zip lookup · NJ

08248
Strathmere, New Jersey.

Strathmere, Cape May County, NJ · Ocean City, NJ metro · population 266

What it costs per month · 08248 $8,871/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$5,904 (+199%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $189,544 +13%
$1,500,570$1,690,114 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $600,259 +55%
$1,089,854$1,690,114 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.

$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 08248 $8,871 United States $1,922
$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08248$8,871
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 8 years.

Typical home values in zip 08248 rose 12.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $1,690,114 as of Sep 2026
+12.6%year on year

Typical home value — 08248

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08248 $1,690,114 Ocean City $813,023 United States $366,157
$500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08248$1,690,114
  • Ocean City$813,023
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.3 08230 Ocean View 5,700 — $487,350
3.5 08243 Sea Isle City 2,000 — $1,537,842
5.2 08223 Marmora 4,048 — $508,527
6.0 08226 Ocean City 11,261 $1,947 $1,134,075
8.2 08202 Avalon 1,612 — $2,833,672
9.0 08244 Somers Point 10,659 $2,007 $430,394
9.2 08270 Woodbine 8,362 — $333,200
10.0 08210 Cape May Court House 17,143 — $464,353
11.0 08403 Longport 1,046 — $1,565,023
11.2 08221 Linwood 6,992 — $492,763
11.8 08247 Stone Harbor 965 — $2,591,421
12.5 08402 Margate City 5,234 $1,858 $1,145,572
13.3 08225 Northfield 8,456 — $397,724
13.4 08234 Egg Harbor Township 47,339 $2,522 $411,860
14.1 08406 Ventnor City 8,972 $1,973 $652,993
14.4 08319 Estell Manor 1,205 — $375,889
15.5 08232 Pleasantville 19,887 $1,970 $248,515
15.8 08327 Leesburg 3,408 — $233,095
16.8 08260 Wildwood 12,959 $1,866 $665,047
17.0 08317 Dorothy 1,246 — $368,925
17.0 08401 Atlantic City 38,925 $1,812 $219,284
17.1 08242 Rio Grande 4,141 — $437,026
18.1 08201 Absecon 10,412 $2,011 $347,031
18.2 08251 Villas 10,503 — $414,305
18.6 08340 Milmay 725 — $397,631
18.6 08330 Mays Landing 29,972 $2,280 $308,221

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