Cost of living in Cranford, New Jersey
Cranford, New Jersey has about 1,937 people. Typical rent is $2,458 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $79,508 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $2,458 a month.
Cranford is a Census community, not a separate city government in New Jersey. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $79,508 a year.
- People
- 1,937
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $2,458
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $79,508
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $646,500
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,233
- Newark, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Cranford, New Jersey has about 1,937 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $646,500.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Union County is $2,233 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Cranford. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, prices sit at 112.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
New Jersey taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.6% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Cranford's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical New Jersey home paid 25.19¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Cranford's bill.
EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for New Jersey in the table we use.
Among 485 places we list in New Jersey with a rent figure, 65 have higher typical rent than Cranford.
Nearby places
- Garwood
Typical rent $1,753
Compare with Cranford - Westfield
Typical rent $2,357
Compare with Cranford - Kenilworth
Typical rent $2,023
Compare with Cranford - Roselle Park
Typical rent $1,663
Compare with Cranford - Roselle
Typical rent $1,567
Compare with Cranford - Mountainside
Typical rent $3,501
Compare with Cranford - Union
Typical rent $1,807
Compare with Cranford - Springfield
Typical rent $2,332
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.