Zip lookup · NJ

08831
Monroe Township, New Jersey.

Monroe Township, Middlesex County, NJ · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro · population 55,658

What it costs per month · 08831 $3,169/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,727 (+120%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $10,542 +2%
$593,202$603,744 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $149,967 +33%
$453,777$603,744 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 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 08831 $3,169 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08831$3,169
  • 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 08831 rose 1.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $2,581 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $603,744 as of Sep 2026
+1.8%year on year

Asking rent — 08831

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

$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026 08831 $2,581 New York $3,549 United States $1,930
$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026
  • 08831$2,581
  • New York$3,549
  • United States$1,930

Typical home value — 08831

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08831 $603,744 New York $730,949 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08831$603,744
  • New York$730,949
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.4 08828 Helmetta 2,459 — $425,457
4.5 08810 Dayton 7,952 $3,350 $643,225
5.0 08884 Spotswood 8,187 — $562,519
5.0 08512 Cranbury 12,928 — $749,863
5.6 07726 Englishtown 44,764 $2,634 $792,228
6.5 08535 Millstone Township 4,999 — $959,800
6.8 08857 Old Bridge 40,891 $2,783 $632,660
7.0 08816 East Brunswick 49,360 $2,751 $625,970
7.3 08852 Monmouth Junction 18,062 $2,406 $694,546
7.4 08520 Hightstown 29,504 $2,493 $462,394
7.8 08555 Roosevelt 996 — $506,456
8.1 08536 Plainsboro 20,817 $2,165 $661,658
8.2 08850 Milltown 8,538 — $609,453
8.3 08902 North Brunswick 43,932 $2,505 $543,891
8.5 08882 South River 16,124 — $532,103
9.1 08824 Kendall Park 13,366 — $724,955
9.4 07751 Morganville 21,109 $3,474 $886,302
9.5 07746 Marlboro 18,476 — $904,286
9.8 08510 Millstone Township 5,386 — $967,286
10.5 08550 Princeton Junction 21,067 $3,643 $1,010,479
10.5 08823 Franklin Park 8,884 — $418,050
10.5 08872 Sayreville 20,204 $2,838 $526,563
10.5 07728 Freehold 55,984 $2,901 $653,928
10.7 08901 New Brunswick 57,263 $2,820 $439,891
11.0 07747 Matawan 32,330 $2,711 $657,733
11.2 08859 Parlin 25,448 $3,014 $545,267
11.8 08904 Highland Park 15,121 $2,447 $590,992
12.1 08553 Rocky Hill 819 — $726,798
12.1 08691 Robbinsville 16,607 $2,539 $633,353
12.1 08540 Princeton 50,388 $3,341 $963,053

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