The median home in Metuchen, New Jersey is valued at $667,466, up 3.2% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,911, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 19.1x — near the national average of 18x. Metuchen is part of the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metropolitan area, which CrashWatch tracks daily with real-time stress scores and crash risk analysis.
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Home Value$667,466
+3.2%
Rent$2,911/mo
AFFORDABILITYRenting $1,955/mo cheaper ($2,911 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + NJ ins. 28% per HUD.
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$133,493 on $667,466
Out of reach — 77.9% of income
Need $208,543/yr to afford.
PITI$4,866
P/I77.9%
Afford$240K
Gap-$427K
P&I $3,375Tax $1,374Ins $117
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