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August 28, 2026· Updated September 6, 2026
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Piscataway, NJ Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Piscataway: a median closing price of $580,000 across 218 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread.

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Piscataway, NJ Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

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 September 2026.

The snapshot

  • Closings tracked, last 6 months: 218
  • Median sold price, last 6 months: $580,000
  • Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $352
  • Middle half of sales closed between: $460,000 and $682,000

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 218 closed sales in Piscataway over the last six months, with a median closing price of $580,000. 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 $460,000 and $682,000. 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 207 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $307 and $402 per square foot.

Figures last updated September 6, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Piscataway, NJ (September 2026)

The median home price in Piscataway is $580,000, measured across the 218 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $460,000 and $682,000.

Where Piscataway sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Piscataway
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $460k to $682k
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$351k to $463k: 47 sales$351k$463k to $575k: 41 sales$575k to $686k: 67 sales67sales$575k$686k to $798k: 25 sales$798k to $910k: 16 sales$798kMedian $580k

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 $460,000 and $682,000. Among the 51 New Jersey markets with a published band, Piscataway's middle-half spread ($460,000 to $682,000) ranks 10th 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 21st percentile of the 2,187 US markets in Resideline's national Market Watch set, on data as of September 4, 2026.

Median sold price per square foot
Piscataway monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, Apr 2026 to Aug 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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Apr 2026: $320 per square foot across 25 sales$320AprMay 2026: $359 per square foot across 29 sales$359MayJun 2026: $357 per square foot across 40 sales$357JunJul 2026: $347 per square foot across 47 sales$347JulAug 2026: $367 per square foot across 36 sales$367Aug

How long a sale takes here

  • Listed to under contract: a median of 22 days, across 86 Piscataway closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • Contract to closing: a median of 42 days, across 73 Piscataway closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 218 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Piscataway angle

Over the last six months Resideline tracked 218 closings in Piscataway, a median of $580,000, and a middle half landing between $460,000 and $682,000. That band is tighter than most markets we track, which makes the median unusually useful: ordinary sales here really do land near it. More of the band sits below $580,000 than above it, so it is the cheaper end of Piscataway where two similar looking houses can still price apart.

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 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.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Piscataway, NJ
Geography: township (minor civil division), Census county subdivision 3402359010
Data updated: September 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 218
Median sold price: $580,000
Median sold $/sqft: $352 (207 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 13% of the 218 closings in this window never appeared on a listing service, and the median of MLS-listed sales alone was $587,000.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Piscataway?

The median sold price in Piscataway over the last 6 months is $580,000, measured across 218 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Piscataway last month?

Resideline tracked 42 closed sales in Piscataway in August 2026, out of 218 closings tracked over the last six months. 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 $460,000 and $682,000, with a median of $580,000.

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 $352, measured across 207 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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