Home values, rents and more in Cranford, NJ
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Cranford compares
The typical home in Cranford, NJ is worth about $774,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Cranford are 6% above the typical value in the New York metro area ($731,000) and 2.1 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Cranford rose 6.9%, compared with +4.9% in the New York metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $3,119 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 12% below the New York metro area ($3,546) and 1.6 times the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.9% over the past year.
The median household income is $79,508, against $99,155 in the New York metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 1,937 people live in Cranford (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Cranford has the 252nd-highest typical home value of the 558 cities in the New York metro area and the 120th-highest of 473 in New Jersey with Zillow figures.
Part of: Union 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.