# Cities in New Jersey by rent-burdened renter households (rent 30 percent or more of income), 2024

All 117 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `rent_burden_30_plus_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Renter households whose gross rent (contract rent plus utilities and fuels the renter pays) was 30 percent or more of household income in the past 12 months, as a percentage of renter households for which that ratio can be computed. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more) (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25070: renter-occupied units with gross rent of 30 percent or more of household income, as a percentage of units where it is computed, calculated with stored inputs, US cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25070.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/rent-burdened-households/new-jersey-cities

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Beachwood, NJ | 75.9 |
| 2 | Tinton Falls, NJ | 65.5 |
| 3 | Bound Brook, NJ | 65.4 |
| 4 | Perth Amboy, NJ | 64.4 |
| 5 | Guttenberg, NJ | 63.8 |
| 6 | Franklin Lakes, NJ | 63.4 |
| 7 | Lindenwold, NJ | 63.3 |
| 8 | Montvale, NJ | 62.1 |
| 9 | Pleasantville, NJ | 61.3 |
| 10 | Hammonton, NJ | 61.2 |
| 11 | Ocean City, NJ | 61 |
| 12 | Hasbrouck Heights, NJ | 60.8 |
| 13 | Dover, NJ | 60.7 |
| 14 | Dumont, NJ | 60.3 |
| 14 | Totowa, NJ | 60.3 |
| 16 | Camden, NJ | 60.1 |
| 17 | Paterson, NJ | 59.4 |
| 18 | Fair Lawn, NJ | 59.2 |
| 19 | Englewood, NJ | 59 |
| 20 | Atlantic City, NJ | 58.8 |
| 20 | New Brunswick, NJ | 58.8 |
| 22 | Trenton, NJ | 58.4 |
| 23 | Millville, NJ | 58.3 |
| 24 | East Orange, NJ | 58 |
| 25 | Passaic, NJ | 57.8 |
| 26 | Paramus, NJ | 57.8 |
| 27 | Clifton, NJ | 57.7 |
| 28 | Ramsey, NJ | 57.6 |
| 29 | Oakland, NJ | 57.2 |
| 30 | Newark, NJ | 57.2 |
| 31 | Pine Hill, NJ | 57.1 |
| 32 | Vineland, NJ | 57.1 |
| 33 | Rahway, NJ | 56.7 |
| 34 | Woodbury, NJ | 56.4 |
| 35 | Glen Rock, NJ | 56.3 |
| 36 | North Plainfield, NJ | 56 |
| 37 | Plainfield, NJ | 55.9 |
| 38 | Ringwood, NJ | 55.7 |
| 39 | Fairview, NJ | 55.3 |
| 40 | Edgewater, NJ | 55 |
| 41 | South River, NJ | 55 |
| 42 | Point Pleasant, NJ | 54.9 |
| 43 | West New York, NJ | 54.7 |
| 44 | River Edge, NJ | 54.6 |
| 45 | Freehold, NJ | 54.1 |
| 45 | Maywood, NJ | 54.1 |
| 47 | Bergenfield, NJ | 54.1 |
| 48 | Palisades Park, NJ | 53.6 |
| 49 | Elizabeth, NJ | 53.5 |
| 50 | Union City, NJ | 53.4 |
| 51 | Burlington, NJ | 53.4 |
| 52 | Madison, NJ | 53.2 |
| 53 | Sayreville, NJ | 52.9 |
| 54 | Garfield, NJ | 52.9 |
| 55 | Long Branch, NJ | 52.8 |
| 56 | Linden, NJ | 52.5 |
| 57 | Bridgeton, NJ | 52.4 |
| 58 | Asbury Park, NJ | 52.2 |
| 59 | Glassboro, NJ | 52.2 |
| 60 | Collingswood, NJ | 52 |
| 61 | Phillipsburg, NJ | 51.9 |
| 62 | Kearny, NJ | 51.8 |
| 63 | Hackensack, NJ | 51.4 |
| 64 | Cliffside Park, NJ | 51.4 |
| 65 | Somers Point, NJ | 51.3 |
| 66 | Gloucester City, NJ | 51.2 |
| 67 | Lodi, NJ | 50.8 |
| 68 | New Milford, NJ | 50.7 |
| 69 | Manville, NJ | 50.2 |
| 70 | South Plainfield, NJ | 50 |
| 71 | Elmwood Park, NJ | 49.9 |
| 72 | Roselle, NJ | 49.7 |
| 73 | Hopatcong, NJ | 48.8 |
| 74 | Fort Lee, NJ | 48.4 |
| 75 | Red Bank, NJ | 48 |
| 76 | Ridgefield Park, NJ | 47.8 |
| 77 | Hawthorne, NJ | 47.8 |
| 78 | Ridgefield, NJ | 47.7 |
| 79 | Woodland Park, NJ | 47.6 |
| 80 | Eatontown, NJ | 47 |
| 81 | Wallington, NJ | 46.9 |
| 82 | Westwood, NJ | 46.8 |
| 83 | Bayonne, NJ | 46.7 |
| 84 | Little Ferry, NJ | 46.7 |
| 85 | Carteret, NJ | 46.3 |
| 86 | Harrison, NJ | 46.3 |
| 87 | Hillsdale, NJ | 45.8 |
| 88 | Hackettstown, NJ | 45.7 |
| 89 | East Rutherford, NJ | 45.2 |
| 90 | Summit, NJ | 45 |
| 91 | Jersey City, NJ | 44.4 |
| 92 | Middlesex, NJ | 44.3 |
| 93 | Wanaque, NJ | 44.2 |
| 94 | Florham Park, NJ | 43.9 |
| 95 | North Arlington, NJ | 43.8 |
| 96 | Somerville, NJ | 41.9 |
| 97 | Haddonfield, NJ | 41.7 |
| 98 | South Amboy, NJ | 41.7 |
| 99 | Ridgewood, NJ | 41.4 |
| 100 | Chatham, NJ | 41.2 |
| 101 | Highland Park, NJ | 40.3 |
| 102 | Roselle Park, NJ | 39.7 |
| 103 | Waldwick, NJ | 39.1 |
| 104 | Metuchen, NJ | 38.2 |
| 105 | Wood-Ridge, NJ | 38 |
| 106 | New Providence, NJ | 37.7 |
| 107 | Morristown, NJ | 37.4 |
| 108 | Bellmawr, NJ | 36.9 |
| 109 | Princeton, NJ | 36.1 |
| 110 | Westfield, NJ | 35.8 |
| 111 | Secaucus, NJ | 35.7 |
| 112 | Tenafly, NJ | 35.6 |
| 113 | Hoboken, NJ | 32.9 |
| 114 | Lincoln Park, NJ | 32.1 |
| 115 | Pompton Lakes, NJ | 32 |
| 116 | Rutherford, NJ | 31.4 |
| 117 | Kinnelon, NJ | 27.3 |