Zip lookup · NJ

08731
Forked River, New Jersey.

Forked River, Ocean County, NJ · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro · population 21,629

What it costs per month · 08731 $2,667/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,672 (+168%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $26,041 +5%
$482,121$508,162 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $144,010 +40%
$364,153$508,162 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 08731 $2,667 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08731$2,667
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 10 years.

Typical home values in zip 08731 rose 5.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $2,800 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $508,162 as of Sep 2026
+5.4%year on year

Asking rent — 08731

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

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Typical home value — 08731

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08731 $508,162 New York $730,949 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08731$508,162
  • New York$730,949
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 31 zips in range — sorting picks from all 31.

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4.9 08758 Waretown 7,868 $2,419 $559,858
6.7 08721 Bayville 22,783 $2,875 $540,684
6.8 08734 Lanoka Harbor 7,879 — $578,199
6.8 08722 Beachwood 11,088 — $471,734
7.2 08757 Toms River 36,087 $2,794 $346,081
7.2 08005 Barnegat 26,866 — $508,391
7.9 08759 Manchester Township 34,237 $2,610 $274,436
8.5 08741 Pine Beach 2,709 — $586,358
9.7 08732 Island Heights 1,558 — $666,824
10.0 08740 Ocean Gate 1,599 — $454,064
10.5 08752 Seaside Park 2,338 $2,094 $888,335
11.0 08755 Toms River 29,670 $3,467 $528,150
11.1 08050 Manahawkin 28,053 $2,600 $607,290
11.3 08753 Toms River 65,448 $2,735 $543,614
12.2 08006 Barnegat Light 500 — $1,737,364
12.2 08733 Lakehurst 2,816 — $371,193
12.9 08751 Seaside Heights 4,185 $2,123 $736,350
13.9 08015 Browns Mills 19,567 $2,462 $333,440
14.0 08019 Chatsworth 907 — $461,182
14.1 08735 Lavallette 3,451 $2,067 $1,215,597
14.2 08092 West Creek 3,119 — $521,430
14.2 08533 New Egypt 7,563 — $575,161
15.7 08723 Brick 32,141 $2,853 $521,147
15.7 08701 Lakewood 139,149 $2,288 $591,112
16.6 08738 Mantoloking 1,381 $3,550 $2,229,616
16.8 08008 Beach Haven 6,837 $1,975 $1,970,502
17.2 08527 Jackson 58,991 $3,281 $638,995
18.0 08087 Tuckerton 25,342 $2,330 $424,093
18.5 08724 Brick 42,345 $2,542 $521,117
18.8 08511 Cookstown 976 — $442,838

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