What is the median rent in Lower Alloways Creek Township, NJ?

Name: Median rent in Lower Alloways Creek Township, NJ, 2020–2024
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The median gross rent in Lower Alloways Creek Township, NJ is $1,189 (±$330) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 122 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Lower Alloways Creek Township, the median gross rent went from $950 in 2015–2019 to $1,189 in 2020–2024 (+25.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,189 (±$330)
Rented homes: 122 (±54)
$2,000 or more: 7.4%
Since 2015–2019: +25.2%

How much rent costs in Lower Alloways Creek Township

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Lower Alloways Creek Township	Salem County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±29.9 points)	12.5%	6.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	24.6% (±15.4 points)	19.3%	7.9%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	37.7% (±25.9 points)	36.9%	23.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	30.3% (±22.1 points)	20.5%	28.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	7.4% (±7.4 points)	7.4%	17.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±29.9 points)	1.2%	7.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±29.9 points)	2.2%	8.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 37.7% of renting households.

7.4% of rented homes in Lower Alloways Creek Township cost $2,000 or more a month.

Lower Alloways Creek Township against Salem County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Lower Alloways Creek Township	Salem County	New Jersey	United States
Median gross rent	$1,189 (±$330)	$1,253 (±$51)	$1,720 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	122 (±54)	6,858 (±520)	1,230,839 (±7,912)	42,849,984

In Lower Alloways Creek Township, median gross rent is not measurably different from Salem County ($1,253).

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

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Salem County, Lower Alloways Creek Township ranks 12 of 15 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 518 of 548.

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

How rent in Lower Alloways Creek 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	$950 (±$215)	$1,189 (±$330)	+25.2%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	18.0% (±3.9 points)	22.7% (±8.1 points)	+4.7 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	7.9% (±9.5 points)	0.0% (±24.3 points)	−7.9 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 Lower Alloways Creek Township

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Lower Alloways Creek Township
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Lower Alloways Creek Township	—	$1,189 (±$330)	—
Stow Creek Township	5.2 mi	$1,458 (±$452)	Not measurably different
Greenwich Township (Cumberland County)	6.1 mi	$1,063 (±$483)	Not measurably different
Elsinboro Township	6.1 mi	$1,531 (±$207)	Not measurably different
Quinton Township	6.5 mi	$1,296 (±$163)	Not measurably different
Salem	8.2 mi	$1,075 (±$112)	Not measurably different
Hopewell Township (Cumberland County)	9.4 mi	$972 (±$615)	Not measurably different
West Park	10 mi	$1,269 (±$723)	Not measurably different
Alloway Township	11 mi	$749 (±$61)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Alloway Township, NJ ($749).

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

Median gross rent across Salem County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
6	Carneys Point Township	$1,432 (±$79)
7	Woodstown Borough	$1,359 (±$226)
8	Quinton Township	$1,296 (±$163)
9	Pennsville Township	$1,252 (±$112)
10	Mannington Township	$1,206 (±$140)
11	Pittsgrove Township	$1,190 (±$332)
12	Lower Alloways Creek Township	$1,189 (±$330)
13	Penns Grove Borough	$1,117 (±$363)
14	Salem	$1,075 (±$112)
15	Alloway Township	$749 (±$61)

Showing 10 of 15 places in Salem 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 Lower Alloways Creek Township

What is the average rent in Lower Alloways Creek Township, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Lower Alloways Creek Township is $1,189 (±$330) 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 Lower Alloways Creek Township?

In Lower Alloways Creek Township, the median gross rent went from $950 in 2015–2019 to $1,189 in 2020–2024 (+25.2%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Lower Alloways Creek Township cost more than $2,000 a month?

7.4% of rented homes in Lower Alloways Creek Township have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Lower Alloways Creek Township higher than in Salem County?

In Lower Alloways Creek Township, median gross rent is not measurably different from Salem County ($1,253).

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

It is not measurably different from 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 Lower Alloways Creek township, Salem County, New Jersey (county subdivision:41640, in state:34 county:033).

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.