Zip lookup · NJ

08844
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey.

Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, NJ · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro · population 44,463

What it costs per month · 08844 $3,525/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,927 (+121%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $16,751 +3%
$654,849$671,600 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $170,100 +34%
$501,501$671,600 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 08844 $3,525 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08844$3,525
  • 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 08844 rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $2,818 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $671,600 as of Sep 2026
+2.6%year on year

Asking rent — 08844

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

$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026 08844 $2,818 New York $3,546 United States $1,932
$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026
  • 08844$2,818
  • New York$3,546
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 08844

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08844 $671,600 New York $730,949 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08844$671,600
  • New York$730,949
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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3.6 08502 Belle Mead 11,849 — $1,005,848
4.2 08853 Neshanic Station 5,634 — $866,907
5.3 08835 Manville 10,921 $2,150 $475,565
5.4 08869 Raritan 8,368 $2,525 $539,569
6.1 08558 Skillman 7,648 — $1,041,172
6.3 08876 Somerville 23,380 $2,339 $599,429
6.6 08887 Three Bridges 1,380 — $349,120
7.0 08823 Franklin Park 8,884 — $418,050
7.0 08553 Rocky Hill 819 — $726,798
7.0 08807 Bridgewater 39,560 $3,050 $722,469
7.4 08873 Somerset 56,327 $2,648 $570,437
8.3 08824 Kendall Park 13,366 — $724,955
8.5 08880 South Bound Brook 4,867 $2,288 $450,932
8.7 08805 Bound Brook 14,066 $2,070 $531,735
8.8 08889 Whitehouse Station 10,193 $2,890 $700,117
9.1 08525 Hopewell 4,522 — $659,411
9.2 08836 Martinsville 3,855 — $876,246
9.3 08540 Princeton 50,388 $3,341 $963,053
9.5 08551 Ringoes 5,873 — $705,204
10.0 08542 Princeton 2,533 $3,327 $898,217
10.1 08852 Monmouth Junction 18,062 $2,406 $694,546
10.3 08822 Flemington 32,556 $2,676 $634,895
10.4 08846 Middlesex 14,645 $2,698 $543,417
10.6 08902 North Brunswick 43,932 $2,505 $543,891
10.9 07921 Bedminster 7,700 $2,817 $516,637
11.5 08854 Piscataway 61,088 $2,643 $595,607
12.1 08901 New Brunswick 57,263 $2,820 $439,891
12.3 08536 Plainsboro 20,817 $2,165 $661,658
12.3 08812 Dunellen 14,224 $2,447 $583,807
12.4 07059 Warren 16,811 $3,328 $1,134,887

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