What is the median rent in Ampere North, NJ?

Name: Median rent in Ampere North, NJ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Ampere North, NJ is $1,744 (±$93) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 899 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,744 (±$93)
Rented homes: 899 (±261)
$2,000 or more: 18.2%

How much rent costs in Ampere North

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Ampere North	Essex County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±4.9 points)	9.6%	6.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	6.9% (±8.3 points)	9.8%	7.9%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	12.8% (±10.1 points)	28.8%	23.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	62.1% (±18.1 points)	27.7%	28.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	18.2% (±15.5 points)	14.2%	17.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±4.9 points)	5.3%	7.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±4.9 points)	4.5%	8.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 62.1% of renting households.

18.2% of rented homes in Ampere North cost $2,000 or more a month.

Ampere North against Essex County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Ampere North	Essex County	New Jersey	United States
Median gross rent	$1,744 (±$93)	$1,531 (±$19)	$1,720 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	899 (±261)	172,550 (±2,389)	1,230,839 (±7,912)	42,849,984

In Ampere North, median gross rent is higher than in Essex County ($1,531).

It is not measurably different from New Jersey ($1,720).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Essex County, Ampere North ranks 5 of 6 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 112 of 201.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Ampere North

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Ampere North
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Ampere North	—	$1,744 (±$93)	—
Silver Lake (Essex County)	0.6 mi	$1,448 (±$278)	Lower
Watsessing	0.9 mi	$2,026 (±$140)	Higher
East Orange	1.3 mi	$1,441 (±$67)	Lower
Belleville Township	2.0 mi	$1,639 (±$84)	Not measurably different
Glen Ridge Borough	2.1 mi	$2,728 (±$736)	Higher
East Newark Borough	2.3 mi	$1,799 (±$218)	Not measurably different
Orange	2.4 mi	$1,550 (±$69)	Lower
Harrison Town	3.0 mi	$2,226 (±$94)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Silver Lake (Essex County), NJ ($1,448), East Orange, NJ ($1,441), Orange, NJ ($1,550).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Watsessing, NJ ($2,026), Glen Ridge Borough, NJ ($2,728), Harrison Town, NJ ($2,226).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Essex County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Short Hills	$3,126 (±$503)
2	Upper Montclair	$2,237 (±$398)
3	Watsessing	$2,026 (±$140)
4	Brookdale	$1,791 (±$113)
5	Ampere North	$1,744 (±$93)
6	Silver Lake (Essex County)	$1,448 (±$278)

Ampere North is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Bloomfield Township, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Ampere North

What is the average rent in Ampere North, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Ampere North is $1,744 (±$93) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Ampere North cost more than $2,000 a month?

18.2% of rented homes in Ampere North have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Ampere North higher than in Essex County?

In Ampere North, median gross rent is higher than in Essex County ($1,531).

It is not measurably different from New Jersey ($1,720).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Ampere North CDP, New Jersey (place:01184, in state:34).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.