Lowest homeownership rate in New Jersey

New Jersey counties and cities ranked by homeownership rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of New Jersey by homeownership rate — which have the lowest homeownership rate (most renters), according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Hudson County leads at 31.2%.

Among cities & places, Rutgers University-Busch Campus leads at 0.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Homeownership rate
1	Hudson County	31.2%
2	Essex County	44.5%
3	Passaic County	52.8%
4	Union County	57.6%
5	Mercer County	61.9%
6	Middlesex County	63.5%
7	Camden County	65.0%
8	Bergen County	65.4%
9	Cumberland County	65.6%
10	Atlantic County	67.8%
11	Salem County	71.3%
12	Morris County	73.9%
13	Warren County	74.3%
14	Somerset County	74.5%
15	Monmouth County	75.4%
16	Burlington County	75.7%
17	Cape May County	79.3%
18	Gloucester County	79.4%
19	Ocean County	80.2%
20	Hunterdon County	84.8%
21	Sussex County	84.9%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Homeownership rate
1	Rutgers University-Busch Campus	0.0%
2	Teterboro	0.0%
3	The College of New Jersey	0.0%
4	Fort Dix	0.1%
5	McGuire AFB	2.2%
6	Audubon Park	10.6%
7	Seabrook Farms	18.0%
8	Harrison	18.9%
9	Keasbey	20.2%
10	Union City	20.4%
11	New Brunswick	21.8%
12	West New York	21.8%
13	Passaic	23.5%
14	Newark	24.1%
15	Elizabeth	25.4%
16	East Newark	25.6%
17	Paterson	26.2%
18	East Orange	27.4%
19	Jersey City	28.8%
20	Victory Gardens	29.0%
21	Asbury Park	29.3%
22	Atlantic City	30.1%
23	Madison Park	31.9%
24	Watsessing	32.1%
25	Lindenwold	33.2%
26	Perth Amboy	33.4%
27	Hoboken	34.1%
28	Flemington	34.3%
29	Salem	34.7%
30	Fairview	34.8%
31	Cranford	34.9%
32	Bridgeton	35.0%
33	East Rutherford	35.7%
34	Hi-Nella	35.8%
35	Trenton	35.9%
36	Camden	36.0%
37	Morristown	36.1%
38	Guttenberg	36.3%
39	Sussex	36.6%
40	Lakewood	37.0%
41	Palisades Park	37.2%
42	Plainsboro Center	37.2%
43	Wildwood	37.3%
44	Echelon	37.4%
45	Bayonne	37.4%
46	Penns Grove	38.2%
47	Hackensack	38.4%
48	Wallington	38.7%
49	Princeton Meadows	38.8%
50	Highland Park	38.9%
51	Voorhees	39.8%
52	Prospect Park	40.1%
53	Seaside Heights	40.2%
54	Edgewater	41.0%
55	Long Branch	41.3%
56	Lodi	41.4%
57	Windsor	41.4%
58	Bound Brook	41.8%
59	Plainfield	42.4%
60	Three Bridges	42.6%
61	Little Ferry	43.1%
62	Dover	44.1%
63	Wrightstown	44.4%
64	Somerville	44.5%
65	Pleasantville	44.6%
66	Caldwell	45.4%
67	Garfield	45.4%
68	Green Village	45.4%
69	Kearny	45.4%
70	North Arlington	46.4%
71	Ridgefield	46.8%
72	Beattystown	46.9%
73	East Franklin	47.9%
74	Bradley Beach	48.3%
75	Haledon	48.3%
76	Secaucus	49.3%
77	Parsippany	49.3%
78	Belmar	49.3%
79	Avenel	49.7%
80	Cliffside Park	49.8%
81	Red Bank	50.1%
82	Freehold	50.2%
83	Pemberton Heights	50.3%
84	Somers Point	51.1%
85	Barrington	51.7%
86	Roselle	51.8%
87	Bordentown	51.8%
88	Egg Harbor City	52.1%
89	Clementon	52.2%
90	Keansburg	52.3%
91	Allenhurst	52.4%
92	Englewood	52.7%
93	Netcong	52.9%
94	Woodbridge	52.9%
95	Heislerville	52.9%
96	Anderson	53.0%
97	Woodlynne	53.0%
98	New Egypt	53.3%
99	Belvidere	53.3%
100	Raritan	53.4%

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