Middlesex, New Jersey.
Typical home $542,131 (+4.0% in a year), asking rent $2,698 . New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,582 (+125%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $21,038 +4%
- $521,093$542,131 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $139,206 +35%
- $402,925$542,131 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.
- Middlesex$2,846
- New Jersey$3,019
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Middlesex, NJ rose 4.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Middlesex is a borough of 14,636 people in Middlesex County. Half its households earn more than $105,000 a year and half less, against $111,549 across Middlesex County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Middlesex County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Middlesex is a borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and most of its homes are lived in by their owners. Incomes run a little below the county's, and the typical home value and the typical rent both sit well up the scale for a place of its size. Residents tend to be middle-aged, and a good many adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, snow most winters, and a fair amount of rain and melted snow over the year. Summers are warm, with July the hottest month.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, shops and manufacturing. Some of the largest workplaces in the borough are the Middlesex Borough School District, Schifano Construction and Supreme Heating & Air Conditioning. The typical commute is a moderate one, and only a small number of people work from home. Unemployment in the county is lower than a year earlier, and the county has added a few more jobs than it had the year before.
Things to do. The Raritan River is a short drive away, and it is the closest place on the list for time near the water. A longer drive brings you to the Statue of Liberty, one of the best known tourist attractions in the country, and to Coney Island, a beach with its long seaside tradition. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is also a longer drive away, and many visitors set aside time there for a quiet, reflective visit.
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- 5,718households
- 37%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Middlesex County had 431,665 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 41° and lows near 24°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 66°. About 21 inches of snow and 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Plainfield weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Middlesex
- Middlesex Borough School DistrictSchool district366FTE
- Schifano ConstructionResurfacing, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway104
- Pumping ServicesPumping station, water and sewage system, construction78
- Supreme Heating & Air ConditioningHeating, ventilation and air-conditioning contractors57
- Texas Pipe and Supply CompanyMetals service centers46
- Veolia ES Technical SolutionsHazardous waste treatment facilities combined with collection and/or local hauling of hazardous waste45
- Petro Extrusion TechnologiesBushings, plastics, manufacturing37
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 367 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingVery high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Ice stormsrelatively high in parts of MiddlesexRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Middlesex’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Middlesex County and the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
Middlesex home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Middlesex$542,131
- New Jersey$575,123
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Middlesex listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Middlesex23.54%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Middlesex42
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Middlesex16
Zip codes with a Middlesex address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Middlesex — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.