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Cost of living in Rio Grande, New Jersey

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,305 a month.

Rio Grande is a Census community, not a separate city government in New Jersey. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $76,250 a year.

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People
3,485
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,305
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$76,250
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$317,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,857
Cape May County, NJ HUD Metro FMR Area

Rio Grande, New Jersey has about 3,485 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $317,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Cape May County is $1,857 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Rio Grande. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ metro area, prices sit at 98.9 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 Rio Grande'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 Rio Grande'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, 431 have higher typical rent than Rio Grande.

Nearby places

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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.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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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.