What is the median rent in Green Brook Township, NJ?

Name: Median rent in Green Brook Township, NJ, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in Green Brook Township, NJ is $2,115 (±$336) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 128 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Green Brook Township, the median gross rent went from $2,290 in 2015–2019 to $2,115 in 2020–2024 (−7.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,115 (±$336)
Rented homes: 128 (±115)
$2,000 or more: 61.7%
Since 2015–2019: −7.6%

How much rent costs in Green Brook Township

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Green Brook Township	Somerset County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±28.9 points)	1.9%	6.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±28.9 points)	4.0%	7.9%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±28.9 points)	11.4%	23.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	38.3% (±44.7 points)	31.0%	28.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	50.8% (±44.3 points)	25.3%	17.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±28.9 points)	14.9%	7.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	10.9% (±20.8 points)	11.5%	8.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 50.8% of renting households.

61.7% of rented homes in Green Brook Township cost $2,000 or more a month.

Green Brook Township against Somerset County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Green Brook Township	Somerset County	New Jersey	United States
Median gross rent	$2,115 (±$336)	$2,033 (±$52)	$1,720 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	128 (±115)	32,528 (±1,212)	1,230,839 (±7,912)	42,849,984

In Green Brook Township, median gross rent is not measurably different from 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, Green Brook Township ranks 11 of 21 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 125 of 548.

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

How rent in Green Brook Township has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$2,290 (±$438)	$2,115 (±$336)	−7.6%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	7.0% (±3.6 points)	6.8% (±4.8 points)	−0.2 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	0.0% (±20.4 points)	23.7% (±19.3 points)	+23.7 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 Green Brook Township

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Green Brook Township
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Green Brook Township	—	$2,115 (±$336)	—
Dunellen Borough	1.3 mi	$1,835 (±$146)	Not measurably different
Middlesex Borough	2.2 mi	$1,416 (±$58)	Lower
North Plainfield Borough	2.6 mi	$1,752 (±$75)	Lower
Warren Township	2.8 mi	$2,170 (±$252)	Not measurably different
Plainfield	3.6 mi	$1,767 (±$49)	Lower
Watchung Borough	3.7 mi	$2,738 (±$602)	Not measurably different
Bound Brook Borough	3.8 mi	$1,973 (±$112)	Not measurably different
South Plainfield Borough	4.1 mi	$2,107 (±$144)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Middlesex Borough, NJ ($1,416), North Plainfield Borough, NJ ($1,752), Plainfield, NJ ($1,767).

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
5	Bedminster Township	$2,294 (±$229)
6	Branchburg Township	$2,268 (±$138)
7	Montgomery Township	$2,188 (±$372)
8	Bridgewater Township	$2,176 (±$127)
9	Warren Township	$2,170 (±$252)
10 (tie)	Franklin Township (Somerset County)	$2,115 (±$94)
10 (tie)	Green Brook Township	$2,115 (±$336)
12	Raritan Borough	$2,112 (±$197)
13	Bound Brook Borough	$1,973 (±$112)
14	Manville Borough	$1,844 (±$173)
15	Peapack and Gladstone Borough	$1,820 (±$157)
16	Somerville Borough	$1,802 (±$49)
17	Rocky Hill Borough	$1,799 (±$93)

Showing 13 of 21 places in Somerset County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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 Green Brook Township

What is the average rent in Green Brook Township, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Green Brook Township is $2,115 (±$336) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Green Brook Township?

In Green Brook Township, the median gross rent went from $2,290 in 2015–2019 to $2,115 in 2020–2024 (−7.6%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

How many rentals in Green Brook Township cost more than $2,000 a month?

61.7% of rented homes in Green Brook Township have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Green Brook Township higher than in Somerset County?

In Green Brook Township, median gross rent is not measurably different from 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 Green Brook township, Somerset County, New Jersey (county subdivision:27510, in state:34 county:035).

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.