What is the median home value in Watsessing, NJ?

Name: Home values in Watsessing, NJ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median value of owner-occupied homes in Watsessing, NJ is $435,400 (±$19,595), as owners estimated it in the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median home value: $435,400 (±$19,595)
Owner-occupied homes: 1,157 (±219)
Most common range: $300,000 to $499,999

Home values in Watsessing

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	Watsessing	Essex County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $50,000	2.2% (±3.4 points)	3.3%	2.5%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	0.0% (±3.8 points)	0.9%	1.8%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	0.0% (±3.8 points)	1.3%	2.2%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.1% (±0.9 points)	2.0%	4.3%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	5.5% (±4.2 points)	9.0%	12.9%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	68.7% (±11.7 points)	31.0%	34.2%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	22.5% (±11.1 points)	39.7%	34.5%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.0% (±3.8 points)	12.9%	7.6%	7.1%

The most common range is $300,000 to $499,999, 68.7% of owned homes.

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

Watsessing against Essex County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Watsessing	Essex County	New Jersey	United States
Median home value	$435,400 (±$19,595)	$524,100 (±$11,118)	$454,400 (±$1,150)	$332,700
Owner-occupied homes	1,157 (±219)	143,579 (±2,304)	2,239,128 (±10,678)	84,210,142

In Watsessing, the median home value is lower than in Essex County ($524,100).

It is not measurably different from New Jersey ($454,400).

It is higher than the national figure ($332,700).

In Essex County, Watsessing ranks 6 of 7 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median home value.

Statewide, it ranks 117 of 248.

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

Median home value in places near Watsessing

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Watsessing
Place	Distance	Median home value	Compared with this place
Watsessing	—	$435,400 (±$19,595)	—
Ampere North	0.9 mi	$365,600 (±$53,550)	Lower
Silver Lake (Essex County)	1.0 mi	$448,300 (±$81,702)	Not measurably different
Glen Ridge Borough	1.3 mi	$836,600 (±$54,823)	Higher
East Orange	1.6 mi	$365,900 (±$16,985)	Lower
Belleville Township	2.1 mi	$421,000 (±$10,097)	Not measurably different
Orange	2.2 mi	$365,500 (±$20,916)	Lower
Montclair Township	2.7 mi	$906,400 (±$24,685)	Higher
East Newark Borough	3.1 mi	$470,300 (±$60,124)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Ampere North, NJ ($365,600), East Orange, NJ ($365,900), Orange, NJ ($365,500).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Glen Ridge Borough, NJ ($836,600), Montclair Township, NJ ($906,400).

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

Median home value across Essex County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median home value
1	Short Hills	$1,674,100 (±$68,904)
2	Upper Montclair	$989,000 (±$34,489)
3	Pleasantdale	$579,800 (±$42,511)
4	Brookdale	$573,500 (±$24,614)
5	Silver Lake (Essex County)	$448,300 (±$81,702)
6	Watsessing	$435,400 (±$19,595)
7	Ampere North	$365,600 (±$53,550)

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

It lies inside Bloomfield 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 Watsessing

What is the average home value in Watsessing, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median: $435,400 (±$19,595) for owner-occupied homes in Watsessing (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Is this what homes in Watsessing sell for?

No: it is the value owners reported, which tends to lag the market; recent sale prices and an appraisal answer that question.

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 Watsessing CDP, New Jersey (place:77750, in state:34).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25077_001E, B25077_001M, B25088_002E, B25088_002M, B25103_001E, B25103_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP04_0046E, DP04_0046M, DP04_0081PE, DP04_0081PM, DP04_0082PE, DP04_0082PM, DP04_0083PE, DP04_0083PM, DP04_0084PE, DP04_0084PM, DP04_0085PE, DP04_0085PM, DP04_0086PE, DP04_0086PM, DP04_0087PE, DP04_0087PM, DP04_0088PE, DP04_0088PM

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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.