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Northeast · New Jersey · pop 317K

Newark, NJ

Fit score

Weak match

at the reference profile: one person earning $6,700/mo gross, default weights.

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After estimated taxes in NJ, your $6,700/mo income nets about $5,191 — covering estimated essentials here (about $1,530 rent plus everyday costs incl. local sales tax) with roughly $788 left over.

Expect summer highs near 86°F, winter lows around 26°F, and about 206 sunny days a year.

Tradeoff: home prices run high relative to local incomes, so buying may take longer than elsewhere.

AFFORD 77HOUSIN 7JOBS 8SAFETY 47CLIMAT 99AMENIT 30

The Newark fit print

Est. monthly cost

$4,403/mo

Typical rent

$1,800/mo

Home value ÷ income

9.1×

Score breakdown

Affordability
77
Housing
7
Jobs
8
Safety
47
Climate
99
Amenities
30

The data behind the score

Money (Census ACS · HUD)

Median gross rent
$1,350/mo
HUD fair market rent (2BR)
$1,800/mo
Median home value
$420,000
Median household income
$46,000
Population
317,000

Work (BLS)

Unemployment rate
6.5%
Job growth (1yr)
0.8%

Safety (FBI CDE, per 100k)

Violent crime rate
830
Property crime rate
2,100

Climate (NOAA normals)

Avg. summer high
86°F
Avg. winter low
26°F
Sunny days / year
206
Days ≥100°F by 2050 (air temp)
≈5/yr
Dangerous humid days by 2050 (feels-like)
≈48/yr
Unhealthy air days
≈11/yr
Annual rain
46"
Annual snow
25"

Community & access (approx.)

2024 county margin
D+48
Int'l airport
≈5 mi
Walkability
79/100
Disaster risk
40/100
Buying instead of renting? New Jersey's effective property tax runs about 2.23% of home value per year (≈$781/mo on the median $420,000 home). Our affordability score is rent-based, so this isn't double-counted.
A citywide number is an average. Rent, safety, and everything else vary block by block — treat these figures as a starting point and research specific neighborhoods before committing.

Data vintage: sample-approx-2024. Sources & methodology — this deployment is running the bundled sample dataset; figures are approximate.

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