Cost of living in Mercer County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,242 a month.
That HUD number covers Mercer County, New Jersey, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,561
- 1 bed
- $1,764
- 2 bed
- $2,242
- 3 bed
- $2,741
- 4 bed
- $3,081
This county is in the Trenton-Princeton, NJ area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 103.2 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Trenton · 90,338 people
- Princeton · 30,756 people
- Mercerville · 13,535 people
- Hamilton Square · 11,622 people
- White Horse · 10,507 people
- Twin Rivers · 8,382 people
- Yardville · 6,301 people
- Hightstown · 5,920 people
- Lawrenceville · 3,924 people
- Robbinsville Center · 3,777 people
- The College of New Jersey · 3,658 people
- Groveville · 3,100 people
- Pennington · 2,827 people
- Princeton Junction · 2,025 people
- Hopewell · 1,823 people