Cost of living in Union County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $2,233 a month.
That HUD number covers Union 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).
SNAP income limit in New Jersey · Medicaid eligibility
Towns in this county
- Elizabeth · 137,302 people
- Plainfield · 55,236 people
- Linden · 44,192 people
- Westfield · 31,111 people
- Rahway · 30,109 people
- Summit · 22,705 people
- Roselle · 22,646 people
- Roselle Park · 14,093 people
- New Providence · 13,727 people
- Kenilworth · 8,401 people
- Fanwood · 7,799 people
- Mountainside · 7,049 people
- Garwood · 4,885 people
- Union · 2,774 people
- Cranford · 1,937 people
- Springfield · 1,304 people