Cost of living in Cresskill, New Jersey
Cresskill, New Jersey has about 9,174 people. Typical rent is $2,599 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $170,376 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.
Ranked #150 in New Jersey on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $2,599 a month.
Cresskill is a borough in New Jersey. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $170,376 a year.
- People
- 9,174
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $2,599
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $170,376
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $811,400
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,282
- Bergen-Passaic, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
- Gas
- $4.470
- Central Atlantic (PADD 1B), week of October 12, 2026
Cresskill, New Jersey has about 9,174 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $811,400.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Bergen County is $2,282 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Cresskill. 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 Cresskill'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 Cresskill's bill.
EIA does not publish a New Jersey gasoline price. For the week of October 12, 2026, the Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) all-grades price was $4.470 a gallon. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, the index counts that as $2,145.60 a year. Those miles are our standard, not a Census figure, and every town in New Jersey shares this price.
Among 485 places we list in New Jersey with a rent figure, 52 have higher typical rent than Cresskill.
Nearby places
- Demarest
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Typical rent $1,787
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Typical rent $2,721
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Typical rent $1,752
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Typical rent $3,501
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Typical rent $2,750
Compare with Cresskill - New Milford
Typical rent $1,765
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.
Food stamps (SNAP) tools in New Jersey
Bigger places in New Jersey
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.