Cost of living in Union Beach, New Jersey
Union Beach, New Jersey has about 5,707 people. Typical rent is $2,567 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $119,250 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 #249 in New Jersey on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $2,567 a month.
Union Beach is a borough in New Jersey. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $119,250 a year.
- People
- 5,707
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $2,567
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $119,250
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $460,900
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- Not matched
- HUD county or town rent
- Gas
- $4.470
- Central Atlantic (PADD 1B), week of October 12, 2026
Union Beach, New Jersey has about 5,707 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $460,900.
We could not match this place to a county, so there is no HUD rent on this page.
New Jersey's prices sit at 108.8 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.
New Jersey taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.6% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Union Beach'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 Union Beach'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, 56 have higher typical rent than Union Beach.
Nearby places
- Keansburg
Typical rent $1,679
Compare with Union Beach - Keyport
Typical rent $1,458
Compare with Union Beach - Cliffwood BeachCompare with Union Beach
- North Middletown
Typical rent $2,186
Compare with Union Beach - Port Monmouth
Typical rent $1,156
Compare with Union Beach - Strathmore
Typical rent $1,592
Compare with Union Beach - Matawan
Typical rent $1,824
- Laurence Harbor
Typical rent $1,903
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.