Piscataway, NJ Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For
What homes actually sell for in Piscataway: a median closing price of $577,749 across 228 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.
If you invest in or around Piscataway, the number that matters is what homes actually close for, not what sellers are asking. Here is what Piscataway sale prices look like right now, built from the closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, as of October 2026.
The snapshot
- •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 228
- •Median sold price, last 6 months: $577,749
- •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $353
- •Middle half of sales closed between: $470,000 and $680,000
What the numbers say
Resideline tracked 228 closed sales in Piscataway over the last six months, with a median closing price of $577,749. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $470,000 and $680,000. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. Across the 213 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $309 and $402 per square foot.
Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.
Median home price in Piscataway, NJ (October 2026)
The median home price in Piscataway is $577,749, measured across the 228 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $470,000 and $680,000.
Where Piscataway sale prices land
Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Piscataway over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $470,000 and $680,000. Among the 54 New Jersey markets with a published band, Piscataway's middle-half spread ($470,000 to $680,000) ranks 7th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median. Measured as the ratio of the upper to the lower quartile, its middle-half spread ranks in the 17th percentile of the 2,230 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of October 3, 2026.
How long a sale takes here
- •Listed to under contract: a median of 21 days, across 84 Piscataway closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
- •Contract to closing: a median of 42 days, across 70 Piscataway closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
The Piscataway angle
Over the last six months Resideline tracked 228 closings in Piscataway, a median of $577,749, and a middle half landing between $470,000 and $680,000. That band is tighter than most markets we track, which makes the median unusually useful: ordinary sales here really do land near it.
From market read to offer price
A market read is the backdrop. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.
And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale and graded against the real closing price after it sells. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.
Run any Piscataway address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.
Cite this
Using these numbers? Please cite the source and the sample size:
Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Piscataway, NJ
Geography: township (minor civil division), Census county subdivision 3402359010
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 228
Median sold price: $577,749
Median sold $/sqft: $353 (213 qualifying)
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.
Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Piscataway over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is. The closings we track across Piscataway Township are not limited to listing-service sales: they also include foreclosure deeds, estate and family transfers, and other off-market sales that portal medians exclude, which is why 14% of the 228 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $581,000.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median home price in Piscataway?
The median sold price in Piscataway over the last 6 months is $577,749, measured across 228 closings Resideline tracked.
How many homes sold in Piscataway last month?
Resideline has tracked 34 closed sales in Piscataway in September 2026 so far, out of 228 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.
What is the typical sale price range in Piscataway?
The middle half of Piscataway sales over the last six months closed between $470,000 and $680,000, with a median of $577,749.
What is the typical price per square foot in Piscataway?
Among qualifying Piscataway closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $353, measured across 213 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.
Why is the Piscataway median more useful than a citywide median usually is?
Because closings here cluster tighter than most markets we track. When ordinary sales land close together, the midpoint stops being a rough average of very different houses and starts describing something a specific property can be measured against. That does not remove the work: you still have to decide whether the subject is an ordinary local sale or an exception, and say so in the adjustments. An estimate placed outside the middle half needs its reasoning written down.
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