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Home appreciation in Trenton, NJ

Over the five years ending 2025, home prices in Trenton, NJ grew an average of 11.3% a year.

Price growth at a glance

1-year

+6.8%

2025 over 2024. New Jersey: +6.9%.

5-year, per year

+11.3%

Average annual growth, 2020 to 2025. New Jersey: +10.7%.

10-year, per year

+6.8%

+92.9% in total since 2015. New Jersey: +6.8%.

How does your home compare?

Trenton, NJ home prices rose 92.9% over the ten years to 2025, while its ZIP codes ranged from +58.6% to +196.0%. Look up your home to see where it ranks among the homes around it.

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How Trenton, NJ compares with New Jersey

New Jersey averaged +10.7% a year, so Trenton, NJ grew faster than the state overall. For five-year price growth, Trenton, NJ ranks 34th out of 409 metros nationwide and 4th out of 6 in New Jersey.

Index, 2005 = 100

Trenton-Princeton, NJ and New Jersey, quarterly house price index rebased to 100 in 2005.
YearTrenton-Princeton, NJNew Jersey
2005 Q1100100
2005 Q2104104
2005 Q3109108
2005 Q4111112
2006 Q1113114
2006 Q2114115
2006 Q3115116
2006 Q4115116
2007 Q1114117
2007 Q2114116
2007 Q3111114
2007 Q4111114
2008 Q1111113
2008 Q2108110
2008 Q3105107
2008 Q4105106
2009 Q1104105
2009 Q2101102
2009 Q39999
2009 Q49799
2010 Q19998
2010 Q29797
2010 Q39898
2010 Q49798
2011 Q19695
2011 Q29494
2011 Q39393
2011 Q49393
2012 Q19192
2012 Q29091
2012 Q39091
2012 Q49191
2013 Q19191
2013 Q29092
2013 Q39192
2013 Q49192
2014 Q19092
2014 Q29193
2014 Q39194
2014 Q49295
2015 Q19395
2015 Q29396
2015 Q39396
2015 Q49396
2016 Q19397
2016 Q29498
2016 Q39599
2016 Q496100
2017 Q19298
2017 Q295100
2017 Q396101
2017 Q496102
2018 Q197102
2018 Q298103
2018 Q397104
2018 Q497104
2019 Q197105
2019 Q2100106
2019 Q3101108
2019 Q4102109
2020 Q1103110
2020 Q2104111
2020 Q3106113
2020 Q4107115
2021 Q1110118
2021 Q2115124
2021 Q3121130
2021 Q4125134
2022 Q1130138
2022 Q2137147
2022 Q3142150
2022 Q4144150
2023 Q1143151
2023 Q2151158
2023 Q3157162
2023 Q4160165
2024 Q1164168
2024 Q2166173
2024 Q3172176
2024 Q4171179
2025 Q1176182
2025 Q2179186
2025 Q3181187
2025 Q4182190
2026 Q1185191
2026 Q2188196

Chart through 2026 Q2. Annual growth figures through 2025.

Growth was stronger over the last five years than over the full decade: +6.8% a year over ten years, +92.9% in total.

Over this history, home prices peaked in 2006, fell 20.7% to its 2012 low, and regained the 2006 level in 2021.

The strongest year was 2022 at +17.4%, and the weakest was 2009 at -6.5%.

In 2025 alone the index moved +6.8%, against +6.9% for the state.

ZIP codes in Trenton, NJ

Over the ten years to 2025, the 18 ZIP codes FHFA measures in this metro ranged from +58.6% in 08534 to +196.0% in 08629, while the metro as a whole rose 92.9%.

Fastest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 08629+196.0%
  2. 08611+182.9%
  3. 08618+122.5%
  4. 08610+114.6%
  5. 08638+111.7%

Slowest-rising ZIP codes

10-year change

  1. 08534+58.6%
  2. 08525+61.8%
  3. 08540+64.8%
  4. 08550+66.2%
  5. 08560+70.1%
ZIP codes in Trenton-Princeton, NJ ranked by 10-year home-price change through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
08629+14.0%+16.5%+11.5%+196.0%
08611-7.3%+15.1%+11.0%+182.9%
08618+4.1%+12.4%+8.3%+122.5%
08610+9.0%+12.7%+7.9%+114.6%
08638+2.2%+12.3%+7.8%+111.7%
08628+11.1%+11.2%+6.9%+94.4%
08620+4.5%+10.9%+6.7%+91.0%
08520+3.7%+10.6%+6.6%+89.4%
08619+7.1%+10.6%+6.5%+88.0%
08691+6.4%+11.1%+6.2%+82.8%
08648+7.1%+10.5%+6.1%+80.6%
08690+7.7%+10.2%+6.1%+80.2%
08512+14.8%+9.4%+6.1%+80.0%
08560+14.6%+9.4%+5.5%+70.1%
08550+5.5%+9.9%+5.2%+66.2%
08540+3.1%+8.3%+5.1%+64.8%
08525+0.7%+7.3%+4.9%+61.8%
08534+7.3%+8.5%+4.7%+58.6%

What a home report shows

Enter an address and you get a score out of 10 for how the home ranks on appreciation potential against comparable homes in its market, with the nearby sales behind it. Here is one saved report.

Example report · saved October 14, 2026

165 N Canal St, Apt 1205, Chicago, IL 60606

Appreciation score

4.1 / 10

Around the median

Where it ranks

Ranks above about 41% of comparable homes in Chicago, IL for appreciation potential.

Price against nearby sales

Priced below most nearby sales, at $300 per square foot across 6 comparable sales.

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Year by year

Annual house price index for Trenton-Princeton, NJ and New Jersey, 2005 = 100 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
2005100.0—100.0
2006107.5+7.5%108.7
2007106.4-1.0%108.6
2008101.0-5.0%102.6
200994.4-6.5%95.5
201092.1-2.4%92.2
201188.5-4.0%88.5
201285.3-3.6%86.1
201385.5+0.2%86.4
201485.7+0.3%88.3
201587.7+2.3%90.6
201689.2+1.7%92.9
201789.3+0.2%94.7
201891.6+2.5%97.4
201994.4+3.1%100.9
202099.0+4.9%105.7
2021110.7+11.8%119.0
2022130.0+17.4%137.6
2023143.7+10.6%149.6
2024158.4+10.2%164.1
2025169.2+6.8%175.4

The 6 measured metros in New Jersey

Measured metros in New Jersey ranked by 5-year home-price appreciation through 2025 Column headers are buttons: click to sort, click again to reverse, and a third time to restore the original order.
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1Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ+6.8%+12.8%+7.9%
2Camden, NJ (metropolitan division)+6.4%+11.9%+7.3%
3Vineland, NJ+7.7%+11.8%+7.3%
4Trenton-Princeton, NJ+6.8%+11.3%+6.8%
5Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ (metropolitan division)+6.8%+10.9%+7.1%
6Newark, NJ (metropolitan division)+6.6%+9.7%+6.2%

Source & method: Metro figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index for metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. State figures: FHFA quarterly all-transactions index, annualized as the mean of the four quarterly (NSA) values. The chart uses quarterly readings, with each series set to 100 in the first quarter of 2005. ZIP figures: FHFA annual five-digit ZIP index (developmental), ZIPs with sufficient transaction history. Missing years are reported as missing by FHFA and are not estimated. Each ZIP is placed in the metro that holds the county with most of its housing units. “5-yr /yr” and “10-yr /yr” are compound annual growth over the window ending 2025; all figures are nominal. Data published by the FHFA House Price Index; this edition compiled 2026-10-17. Educational data, not investment advice.

See the New Jersey row in the state rankings, the county rankings, and, for why one metro number hides so much, why two homes in the same ZIP code appreciate differently.

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Measured FHFA data · chart through 2026 Q2