Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in New Jersey

Share of renter households paying 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities, the standard affordability threshold. Lower is better. These lists rank zip codes in New Jersey with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Zip codes where rent takes the biggest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	08510	Millstone Township	100%	5,386
2	07422	Highland Lakes	100%	5,280
3	08327	Leesburg	100%	3,408
4	07933	Gillette	100%	2,995
5	08319	Estell Manor	100%	1,205
6	07004	Fairfield	90.5%	7,824
7	07847	Kenvil	89.3%	1,776
8	08734	Lanoka Harbor	87.5%	7,879
9	07677	Woodcliff Lake	86.9%	6,152
10	08558	Skillman	86.4%	7,648
11	07702	Shrewsbury	86.4%	4,179
12	08344	Newfield	85.2%	5,564
13	08735	Lavallette	83.9%	3,451
14	08063	National Park	82.6%	3,051
15	07930	Chester	82.4%	8,648
16	07092	Mountainside	81.6%	7,049
17	07830	Califon	81.3%	7,379
18	07758	Port Monmouth	81.3%	4,076
19	08097	Woodbury Heights	81.3%	3,062
20	07439	Ogdensburg	79.8%	2,160
21	07064	Port Reading	78.6%	3,481
22	07662	Rochelle Park	78.5%	5,869
23	08730	Brielle	78.1%	4,956
24	07627	Demarest	77.9%	4,911
25	07733	Holmdel	77.7%	17,166
26	08004	Atco	77.7%	11,429
27	08022	Columbus	77.3%	9,172
28	08722	Beachwood	75.9%	11,088
29	08223	Marmora	75.6%	4,048
30	07421	Hewitt	75.5%	6,977
31	08243	Sea Isle City	75.5%	2,000
32	07852	Ledgewood	75.2%	4,233
33	07850	Landing	74.9%	6,828
34	07757	Oceanport	74.8%	6,195
35	07648	Norwood	74.1%	5,724
36	07737	Leonardo	74.1%	3,945
37	08341	Minotola	74.1%	2,101
38	07606	South Hackensack	74%	2,770
39	07727	Farmingdale	73.7%	7,787
40	08241	Port Republic	73.3%	1,076
41	07853	Long Valley	71.3%	12,339
42	08093	Westville	69.8%	9,438
43	08525	Hopewell	69.8%	4,522
44	07764	West Long Branch	69.5%	8,586
45	07423	Ho Ho Kus	69.4%	4,270
46	08880	South Bound Brook	69.3%	4,867
47	08641	Joint Base Mdl	69.3%	4,400
48	08092	West Creek	69.3%	3,119
49	08091	West Berlin	68.4%	5,963
50	08318	Elmer	68.3%	11,961
51	07088	Vauxhall	68.2%	2,901
52	08201	Absecon	67.9%	10,412
53	08751	Seaside Heights	67.6%	4,185
54	07731	Howell	66.8%	40,322
55	07481	Wyckoff	66.8%	17,050
56	08104	Camden	66.7%	22,148
57	07444	Pompton Plains	66.7%	10,971
58	08701	Lakewood	66.6%	139,149
59	08620	Trenton	66.3%	11,621
60	08750	Sea Girt	66.3%	3,483
61	08026	Gibbsboro	66.1%	2,435
62	08832	Keasbey	66%	2,252
63	08048	Lumberton	65.6%	12,882
64	08081	Sicklerville	65.5%	50,264
65	08757	Toms River	65.5%	36,087
66	07522	Paterson	65.1%	23,040
67	08638	Trenton	65.1%	22,816
68	07508	Haledon	65%	23,762
69	08861	Perth Amboy	64.7%	59,351
70	08805	Bound Brook	64.7%	14,066
71	08831	Monroe Township	64.6%	55,658
72	07750	Monmouth Beach	64.3%	3,207
73	08533	New Egypt	64.2%	7,563
74	08087	Tuckerton	63.7%	25,342
75	08724	Brick	63.6%	42,345
76	07922	Berkeley Heights	63.2%	12,195
77	08611	Trenton	62.9%	31,995
78	07417	Franklin Lakes	62.9%	11,112
79	08079	Salem	62.9%	10,762
80	07082	Towaco	62.9%	5,723
81	08012	Blackwood	62.8%	41,812
82	07063	Plainfield	62.7%	14,235
83	07874	Stanhope	62.7%	8,752
84	08527	Jackson	62.6%	58,991
85	07067	Colonia	62.5%	18,587
86	08251	Villas	62.4%	10,503
87	07419	Hamburg	62.4%	9,693
88	08361	Vineland	62.2%	18,206
89	07069	Watchung	62.2%	6,623
90	07645	Montvale	62.1%	8,901
91	08562	Wrightstown	62%	4,201
92	07011	Clifton	61.8%	38,587
93	08080	Sewell	61.8%	38,159
94	08210	Cape May Court House	61.7%	17,143
95	07072	Carlstadt	61.7%	6,378
96	07041	Millburn	61.5%	7,532
97	08075	Riverside	61.3%	30,615
98	07871	Sparta	61.2%	21,437
99	08037	Hammonton	61.1%	23,514
100	07827	Montague	61.1%	4,109

Zip codes where rent takes the smallest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	08738	Mantoloking	0%	1,381
2	08020	Clarksboro	0%	2,480
3	08560	Titusville	0%	3,245
4	08061	Mount Royal	0%	4,508
5	08802	Asbury	0%	4,552
6	07739	Little Silver	0%	6,105
7	08559	Stockton	4.9%	4,836
8	08343	Monroeville	6.3%	4,729
9	08886	Stewartsville	7.8%	6,435
10	07620	Alpine	15.8%	1,588
11	08550	Princeton Junction	16.2%	21,067
12	07676	Township Of Washington	16.3%	9,323
13	08326	Landisville	22.1%	1,435
14	08608	Trenton	23.9%	1,250
15	07946	Millington	23.9%	2,982
16	07717	Avon By The Sea	24.4%	2,030
17	08311	Cedarville	24.8%	1,746
18	07435	Newfoundland	25.7%	2,703
19	08535	Millstone Township	26.8%	4,999
20	07034	Lake Hiawatha	27.7%	11,018
21	08801	Annandale	28.3%	7,267
22	08828	Helmetta	28.4%	2,459
23	07058	Pine Brook	28.4%	5,946
24	07704	Fair Haven	28.4%	6,170
25	07722	Colts Neck	28.5%	9,990
26	08067	Pedricktown	28.6%	1,711
27	07465	Wanaque	28.7%	5,921
28	08230	Ocean View	29.2%	5,700
29	07302	Jersey City	29.3%	56,220
30	07936	East Hanover	29.7%	11,152
31	08501	Allentown	29.9%	6,364
32	08536	Plainsboro	31.2%	20,817
33	07945	Mendham	31.4%	9,690
34	07070	Rutherford	31.4%	18,894
35	08098	Woodstown	31.5%	9,680
36	08322	Franklinville	31.5%	10,202
37	07442	Pompton Lakes	32%	11,047
38	08514	Cream Ridge	32.1%	4,917
39	07035	Lincoln Park	32.1%	11,120
40	07432	Midland Park	32.6%	7,019
41	08554	Roebling	32.7%	3,527
42	07030	Hoboken	32.9%	58,668
43	08402	Margate City	33.2%	5,234
44	08002	Cherry Hill	33.2%	24,015
45	08732	Island Heights	33.3%	1,558
46	07649	Oradell	33.3%	8,235
47	07876	Succasunna	33.5%	9,641
48	08515	Chesterfield	33.8%	8,373
49	07027	Garwood	33.9%	4,885
50	08852	Monmouth Junction	33.9%	18,062
51	07311	Jersey City	34%	1,714
52	07721	Cliffwood	34%	4,277
53	07077	Sewaren	34.1%	3,248
54	07066	Clark	34.3%	15,622
55	08106	Audubon	34.6%	9,731
56	07718	Belford	34.7%	6,658
57	07078	Short Hills	34.8%	14,613
58	07832	Columbia	35.1%	3,593
59	07760	Rumson	35.4%	9,692
60	08502	Belle Mead	35.5%	11,849
61	08049	Magnolia	35.6%	5,282
62	07670	Tenafly	35.6%	15,319
63	08817	Edison	35.6%	49,020
64	07094	Secaucus	35.7%	21,778
65	07090	Westfield	35.8%	31,111
66	07310	Jersey City	36%	16,015
67	07028	Glen Ridge	36.2%	8,022
68	08068	Pemberton	36.4%	6,613
69	08059	Mount Ephraim	36.5%	5,805
70	07826	Branchville	36.9%	5,967
71	08031	Bellmawr	36.9%	11,737
72	07054	Parsippany	37%	29,480
73	08740	Ocean Gate	37.1%	1,599
74	07074	Moonachie	37.5%	3,126
75	08824	Kendall Park	37.6%	13,366
76	08833	Lebanon	37.7%	9,184
77	08628	Trenton	37.7%	9,831
78	07960	Morristown	37.8%	46,702
79	08027	Gibbstown	37.9%	4,984
80	07075	Wood Ridge	38%	10,218
81	08551	Ringoes	38.1%	5,873
82	07009	Cedar Grove	38.2%	13,535
83	07950	Morris Plains	38.4%	21,651
84	07014	Clifton	38.5%	4,975
85	07980	Stirling	39.1%	2,675
86	07463	Waldwick	39.1%	10,164
87	08723	Brick	39.6%	32,141
88	08759	Manchester Township	39.6%	34,237
89	08540	Princeton	39.6%	50,388
90	07204	Roselle Park	39.7%	14,093
91	07747	Matawan	39.9%	32,330
92	07440	Pequannock	40%	4,670
93	08902	North Brunswick	40%	43,932
94	08853	Neshanic Station	40.1%	5,634
95	08840	Metuchen	40.1%	18,206
96	08904	Highland Park	40.2%	15,121
97	07081	Springfield	40.2%	17,171
98	07924	Bernardsville	40.4%	7,713
99	08837	Edison	40.4%	19,437
100	07720	Bradley Beach	40.7%	4,158

Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in New Jersey

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