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.
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Home Value$521,912
+2.7%
Rent$2,468/mo
AFFORDABILITYRenting $1,362/mo cheaper ($2,468 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + NJ ins. 28% per HUD.
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$104,382 on $521,912
Out of reach — 61.3% 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
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