Cost of Living & Housing in Frenchtown
Frenchtown's cost of living pairs a median home value ($451,500) genuinely above the national figure with Hunterdon County's real, substantial property-tax burden -- ranked 3rd of all US counties nationally by median tax bill.
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Learn moreA median home value above the national figure, below the NJ average
Frenchtown's median home value ran a real, disclosed $451,500 as of July 2026 (mortgaged properties ran higher, at $472,700) -- above the national median but below New Jersey's own $584,681 statewide average, consistent with Hunterdon County's rural-exurban Delaware River-town price profile (base record).
Hunterdon County's real, top-3-nationally property tax burden
Hunterdon County's effective property tax rate ran a real, disclosed 1.91%-2.18% across sources reviewed this pass, with a median annual county tax bill of approximately $8,523 -- Hunterdon ranks 3rd of all 3,143 US counties nationally by median property tax bill, layered on top of New Jersey's own already nation-leading statewide average (base record).
A genuinely strong household income offsetting the tax burden
Frenchtown's median household income ran a real, disclosed $97,917, well above the Hunterdon County and New Jersey statewide medians, with a disclosed poverty rate of just 8.7% -- a real, disclosed income base this record notes directly against the property-tax burden above (base record).
Key takeaways
- Frenchtown's $451,500 median home value runs above the national median but below New Jersey's own statewide average.
- Hunterdon County ranks 3rd of all 3,143 US counties nationally by median property tax bill (~$8,523), on top of an already-high New Jersey statewide average.
- Frenchtown's $97,917 median household income is a real, disclosed offset against that tax burden.
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