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Home values, rents and more in Bay Head, NJ

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$2,724,000
Metro: $731,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+23.0%
Metro: +4.9% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
1,205
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$181,667
Metro: $99,155 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Bay Head, NJ, shaded by typical home valueBay Head08742
  • Under $740k
  • $740k–$1.1M
  • $1.1M–$1.5M
  • $1.5M+
  • No data
ZIP codes around Bay Head, NJ, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Bay Head is outlined.

How Bay Head compares

The typical home in Bay Head, NJ is worth about $2,724,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bay Head are 3.7 times the typical value in the New York metro area ($731,000) and 7.4 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Bay Head rose 23.0%, compared with +4.9% in the New York metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $181,667, against $99,155 in the New York metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 1,205 people live in Bay Head (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Bay Head has the 13th-highest typical home value of the 558 cities in the New York metro area and the 5th-highest of 473 in New Jersey with Zillow figures.

Part of: Ocean County, NJ · New York metro area · New Jersey

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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