Real Estate

Colts Neck 462nd Most Expensive ZIP Code in Nation

Rumson and Colts Neck made Forbes' list of the wealthiest towns in the country.

Colts Neck is the 462nd most expensive ZIP code in the nation, according to Forbes, which released its annual list of America’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes on Friday.

24 New Jersey postal codes made the cut, with Bergen County’s Alpine coming in as the most expensive community in New Jersey. Alpine was 12th on Forbes’ list.

Where is America’s most expensive ZIP code? That, according to Forbes, is 94027 — Atherton, California, where the median home price is more than $10.5 million.

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Here are the 24 New Jersey ZIP codes that made the list, and how they ranked:

  • 07620 - Alpine (12th)
  • 07976 - New Vernon (76th)
  • 07078 - Short Hills (105th)
  • 08750 - Sea Girt (132nd)
  • 07458 - Saddle River (152nd)
  • 08202 - Avalon (176th)
  • 08738 - Mantoloking(179th)
  • 07632 - Englewood Cliffs (190th)
  • 07931 - Far Hills (212nd)
  • 07760 - Rumson (219th)
  • 07417 - Franklin Lakes (228th)
  • 08247 - Stone Harbor (294th)
  • 07924 - Bernardsville (303rd)
  • 07723 – Deal (304th)
  • 08403 – Longport (330th)
  • 07627 - Demarest (333rd)
  • 07670 - Tenafly (343rd)
  • 07021 - Essex Fells (355th)
  • 07762 - Spring Lake (387th)
  • 07711 - Allenhurst (409th)
  • 07423 - Ho-Ho-Kus (413th)
  • 07717 - Avon By The Sea (431st)
  • 08739 - Normandy Beach (459th)
  • 07722 - Colts Neck (462nd)

To determine which ZIP codes have the most money behind them, Forbes used housing market data provided by Altos Research. Single-family home price data was assessed for more than 95 percent of the U.S. population.

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Check out Forbes’ full list here and the methodology here.


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