What is the median rent in Hillsborough, NJ?

Name: Median rent in Hillsborough, NJ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Hillsborough, NJ is $1,986 (±$144) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 1,785 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: $1,986 (±$144)
Rented homes: 1,785 (±278)
$2,000 or more: 48.6%

How much rent costs in Hillsborough

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Hillsborough	Somerset County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±2.5 points)	1.9%	6.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	3.6% (±5.1 points)	4.0%	7.9%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	2.2% (±1.9 points)	11.4%	23.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	45.5% (±11.3 points)	31.0%	28.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	21.7% (±7.1 points)	25.3%	17.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	17.2% (±7.6 points)	14.9%	7.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	9.7% (±5.3 points)	11.5%	8.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 45.5% of renting households.

48.6% of rented homes in Hillsborough cost $2,000 or more a month.

Hillsborough against Somerset County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Hillsborough	Somerset County	New Jersey	United States
Median gross rent	$1,986 (±$144)	$2,033 (±$52)	$1,720 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	1,785 (±278)	32,528 (±1,212)	1,230,839 (±7,912)	42,849,984

In Hillsborough, 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, Hillsborough ranks 16 of 20 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 78 of 201.

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

Median gross rent in places near Hillsborough

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Hillsborough
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Hillsborough	—	$1,986 (±$144)	—
Belle Mead	2.7 mi	$2,627 (±$217)	Higher
Millstone Borough	3.1 mi	$1,375 (±$856)	Not measurably different
Blackwells Mills	3.4 mi	$3,206 (±$134)	Higher
Manville Borough	4.1 mi	$1,844 (±$173)	Not measurably different
Raritan Borough	4.4 mi	$2,112 (±$197)	Not measurably different
Bradley Gardens	4.5 mi	$2,670 (±$267)	Higher
Neshanic Station	4.6 mi	$2,144 (±$130)	Not measurably different
Somerville Borough	4.9 mi	$1,802 (±$49)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Somerville Borough, NJ ($1,802).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Belle Mead, NJ ($2,627), Blackwells Mills, NJ ($3,206), Bradley Gardens, NJ ($2,670).

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
10	Franklin Park	$2,157 (±$115)
11	Six Mile Run	$2,145 (±$382)
12	Neshanic Station	$2,144 (±$130)
13	Somerset	$2,121 (±$164)
14	Finderne	$2,114 (±$141)
15	East Franklin	$2,056 (±$188)
16	Hillsborough	$1,986 (±$144)
17	Kingston	$1,765 (±$58)
18	Voorhees	$1,531 (±$1,022)
19	Green Knoll	$1,448 (±$890)
20	Basking Ridge	$546 (±$205)

Showing 11 of 20 places in Somerset County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough

What is the average rent in Hillsborough, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Hillsborough is $1,986 (±$144) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

48.6% of rented homes in Hillsborough have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Hillsborough higher than in Somerset County?

In Hillsborough, 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 Hillsborough CDP, New Jersey (place:31880, 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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