Zip lookup · NJ

08846
Middlesex, New Jersey.

Middlesex, Middlesex County, NJ · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro · population 14,645

What it costs per month · 08846 $2,852/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,591 (+126%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $21,394 +4%
$522,024$543,417 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $141,268 +35%
$402,150$543,417 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 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 08846 $2,852 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08846$2,852
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.

Typical home values in zip 08846 rose 4.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $2,698 as of Jul 2026
Typical home value $543,417 as of Sep 2026
+4.1%year on year

Asking rent — 08846

Against the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro and the national benchmark.

$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026 08846 $2,698 New York $3,540 United States $1,926
$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026
  • 08846$2,698
  • New York$3,540
  • United States$1,926

Typical home value — 08846

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08846 $543,417 New York $730,949 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08846$543,417
  • New York$730,949
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 134 zips in range — sorting picks from all 134.

10 mi 20 mi 50 mi
Miles Zip City Population Rent Home value
1.9 08805 Bound Brook 14,066 $2,070 $531,735
2.0 08880 South Bound Brook 4,867 $2,288 $450,932
2.1 08812 Dunellen 14,224 $2,447 $583,807
2.8 08854 Piscataway 61,088 $2,643 $595,607
3.2 08836 Martinsville 3,855 — $876,246
3.6 07063 Plainfield 14,235 — $489,848
4.0 07059 Warren 16,811 $3,328 $1,134,887
4.5 07080 South Plainfield 24,411 $2,651 $581,281
5.1 07060 Plainfield 48,363 $2,150 $526,822
5.1 08835 Manville 10,921 $2,150 $475,565
5.5 08873 Somerset 56,327 $2,648 $570,437
5.7 07069 Watchung 6,623 $2,540 $1,079,625
6.4 08807 Bridgewater 39,560 $3,050 $722,469
6.4 08904 Highland Park 15,121 $2,447 $590,992
6.5 07062 Plainfield 15,399 $2,307 $496,751
6.9 08901 New Brunswick 57,263 $2,820 $439,891
6.9 08817 Edison 49,020 $2,624 $558,336
7.1 07980 Stirling 2,675 — $755,250
7.1 08820 Edison 39,978 $3,165 $817,591
7.1 07946 Millington 2,982 — $908,585
7.5 08869 Raritan 8,368 $2,525 $539,569
7.6 07023 Fanwood 7,799 — $802,498
7.8 08840 Metuchen 18,206 $2,773 $687,648
7.8 07076 Scotch Plains 24,843 $2,923 $837,431
8.0 07922 Berkeley Heights 12,195 $3,336 $937,843
8.1 07920 Basking Ridge 28,753 $3,496 $928,095
8.3 07933 Gillette 2,995 — $769,592
9.2 08902 North Brunswick 43,932 $2,505 $543,891
9.2 08837 Edison 19,437 $2,538 $524,857
9.3 08850 Milltown 8,538 — $609,453

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