Zip lookup · NJ

08836
Bridgewater Township, New Jersey.

Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, NJ · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro · population 3,855

What it costs per month · 08836 $4,599/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,391 (+108%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $24,575 +3%
$851,671$876,246 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $199,054 +29%
$677,192$876,246 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.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 08836 $4,599 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08836$4,599
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 08836 rose 2.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $876,246 as of Sep 2026
+2.9%year on year

Typical home value — 08836

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08836 $876,246 New York $730,949 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08836$876,246
  • New York$730,949
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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2.0 08805 Bound Brook 14,066 $2,070 $531,735
3.2 07059 Warren 16,811 $3,328 $1,134,887
3.2 08846 Middlesex 14,645 $2,698 $543,417
3.3 08880 South Bound Brook 4,867 $2,288 $450,932
3.5 08807 Bridgewater 39,560 $3,050 $722,469
3.9 08812 Dunellen 14,224 $2,447 $583,807
4.2 08835 Manville 10,921 $2,150 $475,565
4.9 08869 Raritan 8,368 $2,525 $539,569
5.7 07063 Plainfield 14,235 — $489,848
5.9 08854 Piscataway 61,088 $2,643 $595,607
6.0 07946 Millington 2,982 — $908,585
6.0 07920 Basking Ridge 28,753 $3,496 $928,095
6.3 07980 Stirling 2,675 — $755,250
6.8 07069 Watchung 6,623 $2,540 $1,079,625
6.9 08873 Somerset 56,327 $2,648 $570,437
7.1 08876 Somerville 23,380 $2,339 $599,429
7.1 07060 Plainfield 48,363 $2,150 $526,822
7.5 07080 South Plainfield 24,411 $2,651 $581,281
7.6 07921 Bedminster 7,700 $2,817 $516,637
8.0 07933 Gillette 2,995 — $769,592
8.3 07062 Plainfield 15,399 $2,307 $496,751
8.6 07922 Berkeley Heights 12,195 $3,336 $937,843
9.2 07924 Bernardsville 7,713 — $1,022,450
9.2 08844 Hillsborough 44,463 $2,818 $671,600
9.4 07931 Far Hills 2,985 — $1,436,495
9.4 07023 Fanwood 7,799 — $802,498
9.4 08904 Highland Park 15,121 $2,447 $590,992
9.8 08901 New Brunswick 57,263 $2,820 $439,891
9.8 07076 Scotch Plains 24,843 $2,923 $837,431
9.9 07976 New Vernon 389 — $2,117,912

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