Cost of living in Pine Brook, New Jersey
Pine Brook, New Jersey has about 5,961 people. Typical rent is $2,366 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $126,488 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 #229 in New Jersey on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $2,366 a month.
Pine Brook is a Census community, not a separate city government in New Jersey. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $126,488 a year.
- People
- 5,961
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $2,366
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $126,488
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $767,200
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $2,233
- Newark, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Pine Brook, New Jersey has about 5,961 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $767,200.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Morris County is $2,233 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Pine Brook. 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 Pine Brook'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 Pine Brook'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, 76 have higher typical rent than Pine Brook.
Nearby places
- Lake Hiawatha
Typical rent $1,550
Compare with Pine Brook - Troy Hills
Typical rent $3,108
Compare with Pine Brook - Parsippany
Typical rent $1,742
Compare with Pine Brook - Roseland
Typical rent $3,297
Compare with Pine Brook - Towaco
Typical rent $1,950
Compare with Pine Brook - Boonton
Typical rent $1,849
Compare with Pine Brook - Caldwell
Typical rent $1,976
- Lincoln Park
Typical rent $1,857
Compare with Pine Brook
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.