Cost of living in Middlesex County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,623 a month.
That HUD number covers Middlesex County, New Jersey, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,953
- 1 bed
- $2,103
- 2 bed
- $2,623
- 3 bed
- $3,125
- 4 bed
- $3,508
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).
SNAP income limit in New Jersey · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- New Brunswick · 56,345 people
- Perth Amboy · 55,855 people
- Sayreville · 45,838 people
- Old Bridge · 28,236 people
- Carteret · 25,496 people
- South Plainfield · 24,473 people
- Woodbridge · 20,756 people
- Iselin · 19,551 people
- Colonia · 18,587 people
- Avenel · 17,121 people
- South River · 16,124 people
- Princeton Meadows · 15,561 people
- Metuchen · 15,144 people
- Highland Park · 15,121 people
- Middlesex · 14,645 people
- Fords · 12,771 people
- Kendall Park · 10,011 people
- South Amboy · 9,989 people
- Monmouth Junction · 9,141 people
- Madison Park · 9,124 people
- Spotswood · 8,171 people
- Dayton · 7,952 people
- Dunellen · 7,911 people
- Heathcote · 7,717 people
- Milltown · 7,059 people
- Laurence Harbor · 6,191 people
- Rutgers University-Busch Campus · 5,920 people
- Jamesburg · 5,770 people
- Port Reading · 3,511 people
- Hopelawn · 3,496 people
- Rossmoor · 3,350 people
- Sewaren · 3,248 people
- Menlo Park Terrace · 3,062 people
- Plainsboro Center · 2,773 people
- Concordia · 2,611 people
- Whittingham · 2,480 people
- Helmetta · 2,459 people
- Brownville · 2,377 people
- Clearbrook · 2,375 people
- Monroe Manor · 2,286 people
- Keasbey · 2,252 people
- Cranbury · 2,185 people
- Forsgate · 2,102 people
- Regency at Monroe · 1,991 people
- Stonebridge · 1,966 people
- Kingston · 1,670 people
- Deans · 1,154 people
- The Ponds · 1,097 people