Zip lookup · NJ

08861
Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, NJ · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro · population 59,351

What it costs per month · 08861 $2,589/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,444 (+126%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,709 +3%
$480,566$493,275 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $117,067 +31%
$376,208$493,275 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 08861 $2,589 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 08861$2,589
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 13 years.

Typical home values in zip 08861 rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Asking rent $2,540 as of Sep 2026
Typical home value $493,275 as of Sep 2026
+2.6%year on year

Asking rent — 08861

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

$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026 08861 $2,540 New York $3,546 United States $1,932
$2,000 $2,500 $3,000 $3,500 2026
  • 08861$2,540
  • New York$3,546
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 08861

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 08861 $493,275 New York $730,949 United States $366,157
$250,000 $500,000 $750,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 08861$493,275
  • New York$730,949
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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1.9 10307 Staten Island 15,512 $2,214 $838,454
2.3 08863 Fords 12,771 $2,395 $529,465
2.4 07095 Woodbridge 20,756 $2,444 $478,607
2.5 07077 Sewaren 3,248 — $534,144
2.9 10309 Staten Island 34,885 $2,121 $795,011
3.6 07064 Port Reading 3,481 — $542,305
3.7 08837 Edison 19,437 $2,538 $524,857
3.8 08879 South Amboy 23,556 $2,501 $521,441
4.1 08830 Iselin 19,551 $2,631 $553,900
4.3 07001 Avenel 17,121 $2,256 $513,185
4.6 08859 Parlin 25,448 $3,014 $545,267
4.7 08840 Metuchen 18,206 $2,773 $687,648
5.0 07008 Carteret 25,526 $2,430 $560,439
5.2 10312 Staten Island 63,469 $2,582 $761,384
5.2 08872 Sayreville 20,204 $2,838 $526,563
5.4 07067 Colonia 18,587 $2,472 $639,233
6.0 07065 Rahway 30,109 $2,472 $537,708
6.2 08820 Edison 39,978 $3,165 $817,591
6.2 07721 Cliffwood 4,277 — $520,189
6.3 08817 Edison 49,020 $2,624 $558,336
6.7 07735 Keyport 19,159 $2,742 $517,793
6.8 10308 Staten Island 30,568 $2,167 $729,567
7.2 07066 Clark 15,622 $2,350 $717,896
7.4 07036 Linden 45,671 $2,468 $538,145
7.5 07747 Matawan 32,330 $2,711 $657,733
7.6 08882 South River 16,124 — $532,103
8.0 10314 Staten Island 93,915 $2,515 $708,275
8.2 08904 Highland Park 15,121 $2,447 $590,992
8.3 07080 South Plainfield 24,411 $2,651 $581,281
8.4 07730 Hazlet 17,534 $2,997 $631,413

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