Cost of living in Essex County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,233 a month.
That HUD number covers Essex County, New Jersey, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,637
- 1 bed
- $1,850
- 2 bed
- $2,233
- 3 bed
- $2,785
- 4 bed
- $3,188
This county is in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 112.6 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Newark · 310,178 people
- East Orange · 70,090 people
- Harrison · 20,369 people
- Short Hills · 14,923 people
- Upper Montclair · 12,457 people
- Brookdale · 9,960 people
- Caldwell · 9,003 people
- Watsessing · 8,232 people
- Glen Ridge · 7,943 people
- North Caldwell · 6,656 people
- Roseland · 6,268 people
- Vauxhall · 6,157 people
- Ampere North · 5,029 people
- Silver Lake · 3,917 people
- Essex Fells · 2,361 people
- Pleasantdale · 2,145 people