FIPS 34017 · population 718,323 · part of New York, NY
The latest county-level Zillow ZORI is $3,072 per month in 2026-06. It is a typical asking-rent index across rental types—not an arithmetic average, signed lease or quote for one property.
| Bedrooms | HUD monthly FMR | Geography | Measurement boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $2,407 | Hudson County, NJ | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 1 bedroom | $2,458 | Hudson County, NJ | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 2 bedrooms | $2,763 | Hudson County, NJ | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 3 bedrooms | $3,367 | Hudson County, NJ | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
| 4 bedrooms | $3,955 | Hudson County, NJ | HUD administrative benchmark; compare with same-bedroom listings, never treat it as observed asking rent. |
Zillow asking rent, ACS gross rent and HUD FMR describe different housing universes. They remain separate and no metro, city or neighboring-county value replaces missing county evidence.Zillow pulled 2026-07-26 · HUD pulled 2026-07-26
Everything here joins on the county FIPS code, so each figure comes from the agency that publishes it with no name matching in between.
Zillow estimates a current home value. FHFA tracks repeat mortgage transactions. Their growth rates should be read side by side, not averaged.
Survey source: Census ACS 5-year — county housing value, tenure and stock · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30. These values describe different housing universes and are not combined into gross yield.
Workplace source: BLS QCEW — county employment and wages · annual county employment and wages 2021-2025; latest 2025 vs 2024 · pulled 2026-08-02. QCEW counts covered jobs located in the county, not employed residents or the metro score’s CES/LAUS series.
BEA per-capita personal income divides all personal income by the county population. It is broader than wages, but it is not household income or a measure of what renters can afford.
HUD CHAS separates renter households by income relative to local HAMFI. Moderate burden means housing costs above 30% through 50% of income; severe burden means more than 50%.
These Apartment List observations match the exact county Census code 34017. They are kept separate from Zillow asking rent, Census occupied-home rent and wider metro measures.
Monthly overall-rent index; missing observations are not filled from another geography.
Hudson County poses a carry-cost and valuation-reconciliation question, not a simple momentum call. Rental buyers should investigate whether income absorbs taxes and flood exposure; buyers relying on continued appreciation should be cautious. Zillow’s county median home value in 2026-06 rose 0.51% year over year, while FHFA’s repeat-transaction HPI rose 9.56% in 2025. These are different vintages and measures: HPI is not a home value and cannot be blended with Zillow’s change.
Measured median asking rent is $3,072 per month against a $647,064 median home value, with a supplied 5.70% gross yield before costs. This is an income screen, not a cash-flow conclusion. The 1.77% effective property-tax rate and $9,555 median annual tax require carrying-cost diligence. HUD FMR is a payment standard, not asking rent, and must not replace market rent in yield work. Missing operating expenses, financing, vacancy, and unit-level rents prevent a net-yield conclusion.
Realtor.com MLS evidence indicates more seller exposure, not proven buyer demand: 1,273 active listings and 9.59% of listings with price cuts, while marketing time lengthened. These are active asking-market indicators, not closed-sale prices. Tax-return migration was net negative by 798 households, while movers in averaged $24,419 less income than movers out; this is a demand-quality caution, not a forecast. Investors comprised 16.74% of purchase mortgages, signaling material participation, not its effect on rents. QCEW’s 2025 annual workplace series shows covered employment fell while average covered-worker wage rose; it is neither resident employment nor unemployment. Trade, transportation, and utilities is the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy.
Inland flood is the dominant hazard, with modeled annual climate loss equal to 0.19% of building value; that county-level ratio requires property-level flood-zone, elevation, insurance, deductible, and replacement-cost review. It does not convert to a dollar loss here. The record lacks transaction prices, property-specific tax assessments, insurance quotes, flood claims, neighborhood vacancy, and lease-up evidence. Those gaps prevent underwriting a purchase basis, all-in operating cost, hazard-adjusted return, or exit liquidity. County aggregates also cannot establish conditions for any building.
This view uses 12 direct Zillow ZIP markets matched to Census ZCTAs. Each ZIP is assigned by its largest HUD residential county share; this is not an exhaustive county inventory.
Within this selected direct-evidence set, the rent decision is not represented by one county figure: it is how a particular available unit compares with the range of current asking-rent conditions and a household’s budget. Zillow’s June 2026 ZORI, a typical observed asking-rent index, ranges from $2,301 to $3,940; its median is $2,584.50 and its spread is $1,639. ZIP 07032 occupies the low end and 07030 the high end, while the county Zillow index is $3,072. The practical question is therefore whether the actual unit, lease terms, and household circumstances make a listed rent workable, not whether a ZIP-level index describes every listing.
Those figures should remain separate from the ACS and HUD measures. ACS 2024 five-year ZCTA estimates put median gross rent between $1,537 and $3,093; they summarize survey-reported gross rent, not current asking rents. The FY 2026 HUD two-bedroom FMR is $2,616 in every shown ZIP, an administrative program standard rather than an advertised-rent measure. The Zillow index equals 88.0% to 150.6% of that ZIP FMR across the set. These parallel readings can frame a search or program-screening discussion, but they should not be averaged, substituted for each other, or interpreted as a price for a comparable two-bedroom unit.
The selected ZCTAs have renter shares from 57.1% to 80.9%, so rental conditions are central within this evidence set. In the separate ACS burden measure, the share of renter households paying at least 30% of income for rent ranges from 28.2% to 54.6%, against 46.4% countywide. A Zillow-based thirty-percent income screen runs from $92,040 to $157,600, whereas separately measured ACS median household income ranges from $64,310 to $180,579; this is a benchmark comparison, not a matched-household affordability result. ACS vacancy rates span 4.0% to 8.8%. Read burden and vacancy as separate trade-off indicators: neither establishes an available unit’s rent, condition, or bargaining position.
Coverage and crosswalk rules narrow what can be concluded from these comparisons. The display contains 12 of 14 eligible direct-ZORI ZIP/ZCTA matches and represents 189,196 renter households, but it is not an exhaustive county inventory. Each ZIP is assigned to Hudson County by the largest HUD residential-address share; ZIPs can cross county lines. ACS ZCTAs are statistical areas rather than USPS delivery ZIPs, so geographic labels and survey estimates do not exactly align. Before acting on any listing, verify the street address and county assignment, listing date and actual rent, included utilities, bedroom count, unit condition, lease length, availability, income and program eligibility, and whether the relevant HUD standard applies.
14 ZIP profiles passed the county gate; the 12 with the most renter households are shown.
| ZIP / ZCTA | Zillow asking rent | ACS gross rent | HUD 2BR | Burden 30%+ | Vacancy | Income screen | HUD county share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07302 | $3,848 | $3,093 | $2,616 | 28.2% | 7.1% | $154k | 100.0% |
| 07087 → | $2,419 | $1,537 | $2,616 | 51.4% | 6.1% | $97k | 100.0% |
| 07093 | $2,597 | $1,708 | $2,616 | 54.6% | 5.7% | $104k | 100.0% |
| 07030 | $3,940 | $2,938 | $2,616 | 31.9% | 7.2% | $158k | 100.0% |
| 07002 | $2,353 | $1,682 | $2,616 | 44.8% | 6.0% | $94k | 100.0% |
| 07306 | $2,848 | $1,694 | $2,616 | 44.2% | 8.0% | $114k | 100.0% |
| 07304 | $2,439 | $1,661 | $2,616 | 50.2% | 6.4% | $98k | 100.0% |
| 07305 → | $2,302 | $1,712 | $2,616 | 54.4% | 6.6% | $92k | 100.0% |
| 07047 | $2,813 | $1,781 | $2,616 | 52.3% | 4.6% | $113k | 99.9% |
| 07307 | $2,585 | $1,780 | $2,616 | 46.2% | 8.8% | $103k | 100.0% |
| 07032 | $2,301 | $1,720 | $2,616 | 49.2% | 4.0% | $92k | 99.9% |
| 07029 | $2,584 | $2,195 | $2,616 | 46.1% | 6.4% | $103k | 100.0% |
Open a five-digit report for asking rent, affordability, rent history and resale liquidity. Each row keeps its ZIP/ZCTA measurement scope.
| ZIP report | City label | Zillow rent | 1Y change | ACS burden 30%+ | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZIP 07302 rental reportHudson County | Jersey City, NJ | $3,848 | ▲ 2.6% | 28.2% | 56,220 |
| ZIP 07306 rental reportHudson County | Jersey City, NJ | $2,848 | ▲ 5.3% | 44.2% | 54,017 |
| ZIP 07307 rental reportHudson County | Jersey City, NJ | $2,585 | ▲ 3.2% | 46.2% | 42,645 |
| ZIP 07304 rental reportHudson County | Jersey City, NJ | $2,439 | ▲ 1.4% | 50.2% | 51,306 |
| ZIP 07087 rental reportHudson County | Union City, NJ | $2,419 | ▲ 2.0% | 51.4% | 66,463 |
| ZIP 07002 rental reportHudson County | Bayonne, NJ | $2,353 | ▲ 3.6% | 44.8% | 71,553 |
| ZIP 07305 rental reportHudson County | Jersey City, NJ | $2,302 | ▲ 2.2% | 54.4% | 72,161 |
Zillow ZORI is an asking-rent index. ACS burden and population describe the Census ZCTA; missing observations remain n/a.
Census-recognized incorporated places and CDPs that intersect this county. The list does not pretend to include every neighborhood or informal community.
Population is the total place-wide ACS estimate, not an allocated county share. A place crossing a county line is labelled explicitly. Source: Census ACS 5-year — cities and communities · ACS 2024 5-year · pulled 2026-07-30.
0.186% of building value expected lost per year
$9,555 median annual bill
29,626 in · 30,424 out
$108,584 arriving · $133,003 leaving
707 of 4,223 mortgages
Listing price is an asking price, not a closed sale. Quality-flagged county rows are withheld instead of displayed.
A metro is an average of these. Which side of a county line a property sits on can change the tax bill, the hazard profile and the tenant pool.
| County | Population | Price | Rent | Yield | Hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson County | 718,323 | $647k | $3,072 | 5.7% | inland flooding |
| Kings County | 2,631,580 | $957k | $3,808 | 4.8% | inland flooding |
| Queens County | 2,323,052 | $744k | $3,256 | 5.3% | inland flooding |
| New York County | 1,629,477 | $1217k | $4,833 | 4.8% | inland flooding |
| Suffolk County | 1,530,146 | $727k | $3,349 | 5.5% | inland flooding |
| Bronx County | 1,404,779 | $500k | $2,847 | 6.8% | inland flooding |
| Nassau County | 1,389,591 | $860k | $3,564 | 5.0% | inland flooding |
| Westchester County | 999,677 | $879k | $3,184 | 4.3% | inland flooding |
| Bergen County | 962,316 | $791k | $2,916 | 4.4% | inland flooding |
No. The record identifies FMR as a payment standard and separately publishes median asking rent for market-yield work.
It is annual covered employment at workplaces in the county, not resident employment or unemployment.
It provides a county-level modeled annual share of building value, not a property-specific dollar loss, insurance cost, or flood claim estimate.