08520
Hightstown, New Jersey.
Hightstown, Mercer County, NJ · Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro · population 29,504
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,368 (+129%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $3,751 +1%
- $458,642$462,394 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $114,228 +33%
- $348,166$462,394 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.
- 08520$2,427
- 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 08520 rose 0.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Hightstown, NJ — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 08520
Against the Trenton-Princeton, NJ metro and the national benchmark.
- 08520$2,493
- Trenton$2,523
- United States$1,932
Typical home value — 08520
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 08520$462,394
- Trenton$439,977
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
Showing 30 of 77 zips in range — sorting picks from all 77.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 08555 | Roosevelt | 996 | — | $506,456 |
| 4.6 | 08512 | Cranbury | 12,928 | — | $749,863 |
| 4.7 | 08691 | Robbinsville | 16,607 | $2,539 | $633,353 |
| 4.9 | 08550 | Princeton Junction | 21,067 | $3,643 | $1,010,479 |
| 5.2 | 08535 | Millstone Township | 4,999 | — | $959,800 |
| 6.1 | 08536 | Plainsboro | 20,817 | $2,165 | $661,658 |
| 6.7 | 08501 | Allentown | 6,364 | — | $732,457 |
| 7.1 | 08690 | Trenton | 18,841 | $2,061 | $485,288 |
| 7.4 | 08831 | Monroe Township | 55,658 | $2,581 | $603,744 |
| 7.4 | 08510 | Millstone Township | 5,386 | — | $967,286 |
| 8.2 | 08810 | Dayton | 7,952 | $3,350 | $643,225 |
| 8.6 | 08620 | Trenton | 11,621 | — | $460,318 |
| 8.7 | 08514 | Cream Ridge | 4,917 | — | $720,169 |
| 8.7 | 08619 | Trenton | 24,089 | $2,437 | $429,266 |
| 9.3 | 08852 | Monmouth Junction | 18,062 | $2,406 | $694,546 |
| 9.6 | 08542 | Princeton | 2,533 | $3,327 | $898,217 |
| 10.0 | 08540 | Princeton | 50,388 | $3,341 | $963,053 |
| 10.2 | 08648 | Lawrence Township | 31,323 | $2,572 | $465,994 |
| 10.2 | 08828 | Helmetta | 2,459 | — | $425,457 |
| 10.2 | 07726 | Englishtown | 44,764 | $2,634 | $792,228 |
| 10.6 | 08610 | Trenton | 33,465 | $1,905 | $349,059 |
| 10.7 | 08629 | Trenton | 13,013 | $2,068 | $257,582 |
| 11.2 | 08609 | Trenton | 15,938 | $1,922 | $207,453 |
| 11.3 | 08515 | Chesterfield | 8,373 | — | $706,207 |
| 11.5 | 08824 | Kendall Park | 13,366 | — | $724,955 |
| 11.5 | 08553 | Rocky Hill | 819 | — | $726,798 |
| 12.0 | 08611 | Trenton | 31,995 | $1,955 | $194,218 |
| 12.1 | 08638 | Trenton | 22,816 | $2,190 | $306,188 |
| 12.2 | 08884 | Spotswood | 8,187 | — | $562,519 |
| 12.6 | 08608 | Trenton | 1,250 | $1,300 | — |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.