The median home in Raritan, New Jersey is valued at $535,336, up 1.3% year over year. Typical monthly rent is $2,539, producing a price-to-rent ratio of 17.6x — near the national average of 18x. Raritan 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$535,336
+1.3%
Rent$2,539/mo
AFFORDABILITYRenting $1,387/mo cheaper ($2,539 rent)6.50% 30yr, 20% down, county tax + NJ ins. 28% per HUD.
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$107,067 on $535,336
Out of reach — 62.8% of income
Need $168,257/yr to afford.
PITI$3,926
P/I62.8%
Afford$239K
Gap-$297K
P&I $2,707Tax $1,102Ins $117
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