The median home in Rahway, New Jersey is valued at $521,912, up 2.7% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,468, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 17.6x — near the national average of 18x. Rahway 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.

Home Value$521,912

+2.7%

Rent$2,468/mo

Prices rising — worse for buyers.

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$104,382 on $521,912

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Out of reach61.3% of income

Need $164,143/yr to afford.

PITI$3,830

P/I61.3%

Afford$238K

Gap-$283K

P&I $2,639Tax $1,074Ins $117

Renting $1,362/mo cheaper ($2,468 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + NJ ins. 28% per HUD.

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Deal$4.21M Alpine$2.96M Loch Arbour$2.88M Avalon$2.63M Stone Harbor$2.48M Bay Head$2.36M Sea Girt$2.3M Short Hills$2.26M

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