Zip lookup · NJ

08609
Trenton, New Jersey.

Trenton, Mercer County, NJ · Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro · population 15,938

What it costs per month · 08609 $1,089/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$752 (+224%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $2,546 -1%
$209,999$207,453 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $66,441 +47%
$141,013$207,453 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 08609 $1,089 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08609$1,089
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.

Typical home values in zip 08609 fell 1.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $1,922 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $207,453 as of Sep 2026
-1.2%year on year

Asking rent — 08609

Against the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro and the national benchmark.

$1,750 $2,000 $2,250 $2,500 2026 08609 $1,922 Trenton $2,541 United States $1,930
$1,750 $2,000 $2,250 $2,500 2026
  • 08609$1,922
  • Trenton$2,541
  • United States$1,930

Typical home value — 08609

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08609 $207,453 Trenton $439,977 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 $400,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08609$207,453
  • Trenton$439,977
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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0.6 08629 Trenton 13,013 $2,068 $257,582
1.4 08608 Trenton 1,250 $1,300 —
2.3 08638 Trenton 22,816 $2,190 $306,188
2.4 08611 Trenton 31,995 $1,955 $194,218
2.6 08619 Trenton 24,089 $2,437 $429,266
2.6 08610 Trenton 33,465 $1,905 $349,059
2.9 08618 Trenton 35,634 $2,061 $268,656
4.2 19067 Morrisville 53,885 $2,530 $597,934
4.2 08648 Lawrence Township 31,323 $2,572 $465,994
4.2 08690 Trenton 18,841 $2,061 $485,288
5.1 08628 Trenton 9,831 $2,361 $422,996
5.7 19054 Levittown 17,518 $1,645 $406,481
5.7 19030 Fairless Hills 12,305 — $430,702
6.3 08620 Trenton 11,621 — $460,318
7.4 19055 Levittown 13,833 — $379,549
7.5 08550 Princeton Junction 21,067 $3,643 $1,010,479
7.6 08691 Robbinsville 16,607 $2,539 $633,353
7.7 08534 Pennington 13,272 $3,020 $669,660
7.9 08554 Roebling 3,527 — $301,149
8.3 08518 Florence 6,508 — $335,989
8.4 18977 Washington Crossing 4,569 — $855,231
8.4 08505 Bordentown 19,142 $2,379 $459,664
8.5 19057 Levittown 17,925 $2,312 $377,635
8.7 08560 Titusville 3,245 — $657,868
9.1 08515 Chesterfield 8,373 — $706,207
9.2 19056 Levittown 15,960 $1,762 $445,185
9.4 19047 Langhorne 34,563 $2,453 $566,599
9.7 19007 Bristol 21,800 $1,996 $340,652
9.8 08542 Princeton 2,533 $3,327 $898,217
10.5 08540 Princeton 50,388 $3,341 $963,053

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