Newark's Home Values Dropping Like Rocks: Report

NEWARK, NJ — A few areas of New Jersey have thriving housing markets. But many more do not, including Newark, and they're dropping dramatically (see interactive map below).

There's no better evidence of that than the below map provided by NJ Spotlight, which uses U.S. Census data to show the pain most homeowners are feeling as they watched their home values drop as much as 20 percent since their pre-2010 levels, when the Great Recession hit.

According to the report, the median home value is $223,400 in Newark… a 22.38 percent decrease from 2006-10.

The median decline in residential values in New Jersey was close to 11 percent, according to the 2015 American Community Survey data released last week and published on NJ Spotlight.

The reports said the typical home in the state was valued at almost $316,000 when averaged over the 2011-2015 period — 11.5 percent less than the 2006-2010 community survey estimate.

NJ Spotlight noted that 13 communities had a median home value of more than $1 million, with two of those — Alpine and Mantoloking — valued at more than $2 million. The lowest home value was in Camden, whose $84,600 estimate was below the $90,000 valuation in Winfield, the municipality with the second-lowest median value.

Here is the map. As noted, run your cursor over it to find out the number of total housing units, the percentage of homes owned or rented, the median housing values, housing coasts and the 7-year changes. Also, click on the map and hold the cursor down to move the map so you can see everything.

Main reporting By Tom Davis (Patch Staff)

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