08853
Branchburg Township, New Jersey.
Branchburg Township, Somerset County, NJ · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro · population 5,634
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,535 (+126%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $29,578 +4%
- $837,329$866,907 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $221,811 +34%
- $645,096$866,907 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.
- 08853$4,550
- 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 08853 rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
This zip spans 2 counties: Somerset County, NJ 76% · Hunterdon County, NJ 24%
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Branchburg Township, NJ — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Typical home value — 08853
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 08853$866,907
- New York$730,949
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 82 zips in range — sorting picks from all 82.
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 08887 | Three Bridges | 1,380 | — | $349,120 |
| 4.2 | 08844 | Hillsborough | 44,463 | $2,818 | $671,600 |
| 5.0 | 08876 | Somerville | 23,380 | $2,339 | $599,429 |
| 5.5 | 08889 | Whitehouse Station | 10,193 | $2,890 | $700,117 |
| 6.1 | 08869 | Raritan | 8,368 | $2,525 | $539,569 |
| 6.5 | 08822 | Flemington | 32,556 | $2,676 | $634,895 |
| 7.1 | 08502 | Belle Mead | 11,849 | — | $1,005,848 |
| 7.7 | 08551 | Ringoes | 5,873 | — | $705,204 |
| 7.8 | 08807 | Bridgewater | 39,560 | $3,050 | $722,469 |
| 8.1 | 08835 | Manville | 10,921 | $2,150 | $475,565 |
| 8.2 | 08558 | Skillman | 7,648 | — | $1,041,172 |
| 9.0 | 08833 | Lebanon | 9,184 | — | $726,135 |
| 9.4 | 08525 | Hopewell | 4,522 | — | $659,411 |
| 9.4 | 07921 | Bedminster | 7,700 | $2,817 | $516,637 |
| 10.2 | 08801 | Annandale | 7,267 | — | $615,101 |
| 10.4 | 08553 | Rocky Hill | 819 | — | $726,798 |
| 10.9 | 08836 | Martinsville | 3,855 | — | $876,246 |
| 11.1 | 08805 | Bound Brook | 14,066 | $2,070 | $531,735 |
| 11.2 | 08823 | Franklin Park | 8,884 | — | $418,050 |
| 11.2 | 08873 | Somerset | 56,327 | $2,648 | $570,437 |
| 11.4 | 08880 | South Bound Brook | 4,867 | $2,288 | $450,932 |
| 12.2 | 08540 | Princeton | 50,388 | $3,341 | $963,053 |
| 12.3 | 08867 | Pittstown | 5,204 | — | $736,913 |
| 12.4 | 08824 | Kendall Park | 13,366 | — | $724,955 |
| 12.5 | 08829 | High Bridge | 3,580 | $2,150 | $451,197 |
| 12.7 | 08809 | Clinton | 6,703 | — | $516,657 |
| 12.8 | 08542 | Princeton | 2,533 | $3,327 | $898,217 |
| 13.1 | 08846 | Middlesex | 14,645 | $2,698 | $543,417 |
| 13.2 | 07931 | Far Hills | 2,985 | — | $1,436,495 |
| 13.5 | 08530 | Lambertville | 8,119 | — | $637,437 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.