What is the median rent in Watsessing, NJ?

Name: Median rent in Watsessing, NJ, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Watsessing, NJ is $2,026 (±$140) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 2,308 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: $2,026 (±$140)
Rented homes: 2,308 (±343)
$2,000 or more: 51.5%

How much rent costs in Watsessing

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Watsessing	Essex County	New Jersey	United States
Less than $500	3.0% (±2.8 points)	9.6%	6.1%	6.3%
$500 to $999	6.5% (±4.2 points)	9.8%	7.9%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	19.2% (±6.4 points)	28.8%	23.5%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	19.8% (±6.4 points)	27.7%	28.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	30.5% (±7.6 points)	14.2%	17.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	11.8% (±4.6 points)	5.3%	7.9%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	9.2% (±4.7 points)	4.5%	8.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 30.5% of renting households.

51.5% of rented homes in Watsessing cost $2,000 or more a month.

Watsessing against Essex County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Watsessing	Essex County	New Jersey	United States
Median gross rent	$2,026 (±$140)	$1,531 (±$19)	$1,720 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	2,308 (±343)	172,550 (±2,389)	1,230,839 (±7,912)	42,849,984

In Watsessing, median gross rent is higher than in Essex County ($1,531).

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

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Essex County, Watsessing ranks 3 of 6 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 72 of 201.

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

Median gross rent in places near Watsessing

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Watsessing
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Watsessing	—	$2,026 (±$140)	—
Ampere North	0.9 mi	$1,744 (±$93)	Lower
Silver Lake (Essex County)	1.0 mi	$1,448 (±$278)	Lower
Glen Ridge Borough	1.3 mi	$2,728 (±$736)	Not measurably different
East Orange	1.6 mi	$1,441 (±$67)	Lower
Belleville Township	2.1 mi	$1,639 (±$84)	Lower
Orange	2.2 mi	$1,550 (±$69)	Lower
Montclair Township	2.7 mi	$2,063 (±$92)	Not measurably different
East Newark Borough	3.1 mi	$1,799 (±$218)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Ampere North, NJ ($1,744), Silver Lake (Essex County), NJ ($1,448), East Orange, NJ ($1,441).

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

Median gross rent across Essex County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Short Hills	$3,126 (±$503)
2	Upper Montclair	$2,237 (±$398)
3	Watsessing	$2,026 (±$140)
4	Brookdale	$1,791 (±$113)
5	Ampere North	$1,744 (±$93)
6	Silver Lake (Essex County)	$1,448 (±$278)

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 rent in Watsessing, NJ?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Watsessing is $2,026 (±$140) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

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

51.5% of rented homes in Watsessing have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 3.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Watsessing higher than in Essex County?

In Watsessing, median gross rent is higher than in Essex County ($1,531).

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 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 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.