Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 60,366 people, 17,160 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $525,359, real estate costs in Piscataway are among some of the highest in the nation, although house prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive New Jersey communities.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Piscataway, accounting for 57.45% of the township's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Piscataway include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 24.84%), row houses and other attached homes ( 9.25%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 8.39%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Piscataway are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The township has a mixture of owners and renters, with 55.68% owning and 44.32% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Piscataway built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Piscataway built between 1940-1969 ( 40.32%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 12.67%). There's also some housing in Piscataway built before 1939 ( 5.03%).
Piscataway's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Piscataway during the period has been just 5.32%, which is lower than 70% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Piscataway's appreciation rate, at 4.85%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Piscataway's appreciation rate has been 0.41%, which annualizes to a rate of 1.66%.
Relative to New Jersey, our data show that Piscataway's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 70% of the other cities and towns in New Jersey.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the township. Individual neighborhoods within Piscataway differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Piscataway - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Piscataway real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$525,359
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17,160
$3,703 / per month