What is the median rent in Blackwells Mills, NJ?

Name: Median rent in Blackwells Mills, NJ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Blackwells Mills, NJ is $3,206 (±$134) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 150 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: $3,206 (±$134)
Rented homes: 150 (±112)
$2,000 or more: 82.7%

How much rent costs in Blackwells Mills

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Blackwells Mills	Somerset County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±25.5 points)	1.9%	6.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±25.5 points)	4.0%	7.9%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	17.3% (±31.7 points)	11.4%	23.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	0.0% (±25.5 points)	31.0%	28.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±25.5 points)	25.3%	17.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±25.5 points)	14.9%	7.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	82.7% (±31.7 points)	11.5%	8.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $3,000 or more, paid by 82.7% of renting households.

82.7% of rented homes in Blackwells Mills cost $2,000 or more a month.

Blackwells Mills against Somerset County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Blackwells Mills	Somerset County	New Jersey	United States
Median gross rent	$3,206 (±$134)	$2,033 (±$52)	$1,720 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	150 (±112)	32,528 (±1,212)	1,230,839 (±7,912)	42,849,984

In Blackwells Mills, 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, Blackwells Mills ranks 2 of 20 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 6 of 201.

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

How rent in Blackwells Mills 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	5.2% (±10.2 points)	4.9% (±3.6 points)	−0.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±92.8 points)	0.0% (±25.5 points)	0.0 percentage points	Not a measurable change

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 Blackwells Mills

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Blackwells Mills
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Blackwells Mills	—	$3,206 (±$134)	—
Millstone Borough	1.3 mi	$1,375 (±$856)	Lower
Franklin Township (Somerset County)	2.5 mi	$2,115 (±$94)	Lower
Belle Mead	3.2 mi	$2,627 (±$217)	Lower
Hillsborough	3.4 mi	$1,986 (±$144)	Lower
Six Mile Run	3.5 mi	$2,145 (±$382)	Lower
Franklin Park	3.9 mi	$2,157 (±$115)	Lower
Manville Borough	4.2 mi	$1,844 (±$173)	Lower
Franklin Center	4.6 mi	$2,748 (±$327)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Millstone Borough, NJ ($1,375), Franklin Township (Somerset County), NJ ($2,115), Belle Mead, NJ ($2,627).

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)

Showing 8 of 20 places in Somerset County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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

It lies inside Hillsborough 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 Blackwells Mills

What is the average rent in Blackwells Mills, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Blackwells Mills is $3,206 (±$134) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Blackwells Mills cost more than $2,000 a month?

82.7% of rented homes in Blackwells Mills have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Blackwells Mills higher than in Somerset County?

In Blackwells Mills, 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 Blackwells Mills CDP, New Jersey (place:06025, 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.