Home prices in Trenton run 46% below the national median: $225,000 versus $420,000. Relative to the $46,000 median household income here, the price-to-income ratio comes out to 4.9x.
Property taxes in Trenton run 2.55% of assessed value, above the 1.1% national average. On the median home, that's $5,738 a year, or $478 added to the monthly payment.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, New Jersey taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $1,745/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Trenton track at 112 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Trenton's median home price runs 46% lower than nearby Newark: $415,000 there versus $225,000 here.