What is the median rent in Belle Mead, NJ?

Name: Median rent in Belle Mead, NJ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Belle Mead, NJ is $2,627 (±$217) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 708 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: $2,627 (±$217)
Rented homes: 708 (±229)
$2,000 or more: 74.0%

How much rent costs in Belle Mead

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Belle Mead	Somerset County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $500	4.1% (±6.6 points)	1.9%	6.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±6.2 points)	4.0%	7.9%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±6.2 points)	11.4%	23.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	21.9% (±13.7 points)	31.0%	28.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	14.7% (±10.2 points)	25.3%	17.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	36.6% (±17.3 points)	14.9%	7.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	22.7% (±13.3 points)	11.5%	8.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,500 to $2,999, paid by 36.6% of renting households.

74.0% of rented homes in Belle Mead cost $2,000 or more a month.

Belle Mead against Somerset County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Belle Mead	Somerset County	New Jersey	United States
Median gross rent	$2,627 (±$217)	$2,033 (±$52)	$1,720 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	708 (±229)	32,528 (±1,212)	1,230,839 (±7,912)	42,849,984

In Belle Mead, median gross rent is higher than in Somerset County ($2,033).

It is also higher than in New Jersey ($1,720).

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

In Somerset County, Belle Mead ranks 7 of 20 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 21 of 201.

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

How rent in Belle Mead has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Households that rent	0.0% (±33.5 points)	36.2% (±8.5 points)	+36.2 percentage points	Measurable increase

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Belle Mead

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Belle Mead
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Belle Mead	—	$2,627 (±$217)	—
Hillsborough Township	2.1 mi	$2,396 (±$273)	Not measurably different
Hillsborough	2.7 mi	$1,986 (±$144)	Lower
Blackwells Mills	3.2 mi	$3,206 (±$134)	Higher
Millstone Borough	3.9 mi	$1,375 (±$856)	Lower
Rocky Hill Borough	4.8 mi	$1,799 (±$93)	Lower
Franklin Township (Somerset County)	5.6 mi	$2,115 (±$94)	Lower
Neshanic Station	5.8 mi	$2,144 (±$130)	Lower
Manville Borough	6.2 mi	$1,844 (±$173)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Hillsborough, NJ ($1,986), Millstone Borough, NJ ($1,375), Rocky Hill Borough, NJ ($1,799).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Blackwells Mills, NJ ($3,206).

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

Median gross rent across Somerset County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Liberty Corner	$3,500 or more
2	Blackwells Mills	$3,206 (±$134)
3	Bedminster	$2,795 (±$1,344)
4	Franklin Center	$2,748 (±$327)
5	Bradley Gardens	$2,670 (±$267)
6	Bridgewater Center	$2,662 (±$583)
7	Belle Mead	$2,627 (±$217)
8	The Hills	$2,376 (±$207)
9	Martinsville	$2,171 (±$314)
10	Franklin Park	$2,157 (±$115)
11	Six Mile Run	$2,145 (±$382)
12	Neshanic Station	$2,144 (±$130)
13	Somerset	$2,121 (±$164)

Showing 13 of 20 places in Somerset County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

It lies inside Montgomery 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 Belle Mead

What is the average rent in Belle Mead, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Belle Mead is $2,627 (±$217) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Belle Mead cost more than $2,000 a month?

74.0% of rented homes in Belle Mead have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 4.1% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Belle Mead higher than in Somerset County?

In Belle Mead, median gross rent is higher than in Somerset County ($2,033).

It is also higher than in 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 Belle Mead CDP, New Jersey (place:04630, 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.