Statewide, New Jersey's median home price runs $584,072, 39% above the $420,000 national median. The 5.6x price-to-income ratio here is measured against a $104,294 median household income.
Property taxes in New Jersey average 1.88% of assessed value, above the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $10,981 a year, or $915 added to the monthly payment.
New Jersey levies a state income tax of 1.4%–10.75% on top of the $4,143/month this mortgage runs. Model your real after-tax take-home before deciding how much payment you can carry.
Day-to-day expenses statewide track at 115 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
New Jersey's median home price runs 1% higher than District of Columbia: $577,041 there versus $584,072 here.