Cost of Living & Housing in Stockton
Stockton's cost of living centers on a genuinely thin, small housing market with a real, disclosed wide price spread, layered with Hunterdon County's real, substantial property-tax burden.
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Learn moreA real, disclosed wide housing-price spread
Stockton's housing figures vary substantially by source: Zillow's broader area average ran $685,613 (up 4.0% year-over-year), its ZIP 08559-specific figure ran $560,600 (May 2026), and August 2026 active listings carried a median LIST price of $1.25 million. This record discloses this spread honestly rather than asserting one falsely precise median, given Stockton's genuinely tiny population (approximately 500 residents) (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, on top of New Jersey's own already nation-leading statewide average (base record).
A genuinely strong household income base
Stockton's median household income ran a real, disclosed $104,000, with a disclosed poverty rate of 8.74% -- a real, disclosed income base this record notes directly against the county's property-tax burden above (base record).
Key takeaways
- Stockton's home-value figures span a real, disclosed $560,600-$1.25 million range across sources -- confirm current comparable-sale pricing directly with a local agent.
- Hunterdon County ranks 3rd of all 3,143 US counties nationally by median property tax bill (~$8,523).
- Stockton's $104,000 median household income is a real, disclosed offset against that tax burden.
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