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Ranked · Buying a home · New Jersey

Best cities for buying a home in New Jersey

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Camden, NJ71k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $112,000 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: -6.6%

  2. 2.Trenton, NJ90k residents

    64/100

    median home price: $160,700 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: -1.6%

  3. 3.Bridgeton, NJ27k residents

    62/100

    median home price: $145,500 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: +1.0%

  4. 4.Millville, NJ28k residents

    60/100

    median home price: $219,000 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: +1.7%

  5. 5.Vineland, NJ61k residents

    58/100

    median home price: $240,700 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: +2.9%

  6. 6.Sicklerville, NJ45k residents

    58/100

    median home price: $278,900 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: +3.7%

  7. 7.Atlantic City, NJ39k residents

    58/100

    median home price: $207,400 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: +2.1%

  8. 8.Newark, NJ310k residents

    55/100

    median home price: $373,700 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: -1.5%

  9. 9.East Orange, NJ70k residents

    55/100

    median home price: $365,900 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: -0.9%

  10. 10.Rahway, NJ30k residents

    55/100

    median home price: $386,400 · property tax rate: 2.2% · home price yoy: -0.3%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in New Jersey?
Camden, NJ ranks first with a fit score of 70/100, followed by Trenton (64) and Bridgeton (62), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.