Home Value Trail

Hillsborough township, NJ home price history and building permits

Somerset CountyNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJNew Jersey

  • Price trail: Somerset County
  • FHFA annual index 1975 to 2025
  • Developmental index
  • Permits through

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. The line on this page is the index of Somerset County, the county of Hillsborough township. The FHFA annual house price index for Somerset County increased by 72.5% from 2015 to 2025. Building permits in Hillsborough township authorized 151 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026.

2015

The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city. These figures are for the index of Somerset County, the county of Hillsborough township.

+72.5%

From 2015 to 2025, the FHFA annual all-transactions index for Somerset County increased by 72.5%.

From 2015 to 2025, the average change in each year is +5.6%, compounded.

Same span at each level: 2015 to 2025
AreaChangeBar
Somerset County+72.5%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ+82.9%
New Jersey+87.7%
United States+85.0%
Somerset County FHFA annual all-transactions index, 100 in 1975
  • Somerset County
  • United States, set to the same start
  • Recession (NBER dates)
  • Your span

This is the price trail of Somerset County, not of Hillsborough township. The annual files of FHFA have no index for a city.

Index values for each year
FHFA annual all-transactions index for Somerset County, 1975 to 2025
YearIndexChange from the year before
20251,248.69+6.3%
20241,174.67+9.7%
20231,070.57+9.3%
2022979.18+13.4%
2021863.30+8.2%
2020798.24+1.9%
2019783.43+1.6%
2018770.72+2.9%
2017748.64+1.1%
2016740.26+2.3%
2015723.91+1.9%
2014710.19+2.8%
2013690.97+0.3%
2012688.79−2.1%
2011703.67−3.0%
2010725.25−2.7%
2009745.28−7.4%
2008804.96−4.4%
2007842.19−2.1%
2006860.68+7.2%
2005802.80+16.5%
2004689.31+12.5%
2003612.66+5.9%
2002578.63+10.0%
2001525.97+9.1%
2000482.06+13.5%
1999424.55+4.6%
1998405.70+3.2%
1997393.01+0.9%
1996389.41+1.1%
1995385.00−0.6%
1994387.50+1.4%
1993382.08+1.6%
1992375.91+2.1%
1991368.14−4.1%
1990383.73−5.1%
1989404.39−3.0%
1988416.90+8.7%
1987383.40+19.8%
1986319.91+20.9%
1985264.52+16.3%
1984227.39+14.0%
1983199.47+6.6%
1982187.17+2.1%
1981183.36+4.3%
1980175.82+14.5%
1979153.62+23.6%
1978124.24+14.0%
1977109.01+6.3%
1976102.59+2.6%
1975100.00n/a

Each figure is the change of the FHFA annual all-transactions index, from the year that you pick to 2025. It is a change for the area. It is not the change in the value of your home, and it does not use the price that you paid.

The average for each year is a compounded annual change. The guide to values explains more.

When using the FHFA House Price Calculator, please note that it does not project the actual value of any particular house.

FHFA, about its own House Price Calculator: Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index Datasets, HPI Calculator, copied on . The calculator of FHFA uses quarterly figures. For the states and the 100 largest metro areas it uses the purchase-only index. Its figures can differ from the figures here.

Since the last FHFA release

No recorded FHFA release changed a figure of Somerset County. The record of releases starts with the next FHFA release. FHFA releases recorded by this site

Same span, every level

Change in the FHFA annual index to 2025: Somerset County and the areas above it
Area1 year2024 to 20255 years2020 to 202510 years2015 to 202520 years2005 to 2025Since 20002000 to 2025Each yearaverage of 10 years
Somerset County+6.3%+56.4%+72.5%+55.5%+159.0%+5.6%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ+6.1%+53.6%+82.9%+67.1%+200.9%+6.2%
New Jersey+6.2%+62.9%+87.7%+66.1%+191.2%+6.5%
United States+2.8%+47.0%+85.0%+79.1%+158.3%+6.3%

The annual files of FHFA have no index for Hillsborough township. The first row is the index of Somerset County.

Building permits in Hillsborough township

In the 12 months to August 2026, building permits in Hillsborough township authorized 151 housing units. In the 12 months before, permits authorized 74 units.

Housing units authorized by month, latest 24 months
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each month
Housing units authorized by building permits in Hillsborough township, by month
MonthAll units1 unit2 or more units
Aug 20261037
Jul 2026220
Jun 2026550
May 20261147
Apr 20261055
Mar 2026660
Feb 202610100
Jan 2026550
Dec 202511110
Nov 202550248
Oct 202530624
Sep 2025110
Aug 2025330
Jul 2025330
Jun 2025440
May 2025440
Apr 2025945
Mar 2025330
Feb 2025945
Jan 2025220
Dec 20241046
Nov 2024835
Oct 20241055
Sep 2024945
Housing units authorized in the 12 months to August 2026, by size of building
FigureHillsborough townshipSomerset CountyNew JerseyUnited States
All units15175331,5461,418,086
In buildings with 1 unit60 (40%)268 (36%)13,153 (42%)888,241 (63%)
In buildings with 2 units0141,17834,814
In buildings with 3 or 4 units03192917,298
In buildings with 5 or more units91 (60%)440 (58%)16,286 (52%)477,733 (34%)
Units for each 1,000 residentsn/a2.13.34.1
Change from the 12 months before+104.1%−22.8%−6.2%−0.1%
Housing units authorized by year, 1995 to 2025
  • Units in buildings with 1 unit
  • Units in buildings with 2 or more units
Units for each year
Housing units authorized by building permits in Hillsborough township, by year
YearAll units1 unit2 or more units
20251225072
2024744331
2023984355
202226343220
202118660126
202041678338
20191247549
2018875631
201718677109
20161116348
201531276236
20141304684
20131121048
201296960
201159590
201090846
200975750
200812710423
200718616521
20061143777
200515150
2004440
2003853
200232626
200120459145
2000981880
19992552550
19982392390
19972802800
19961891890
19951721720

A permit authorizes construction. It does not show that the work started or that it is complete. For a place that does not report each month, the Census Bureau imputes the monthly figures.

Agency pages

  • Building Permits SurveyUS Census BureauThe survey of housing units that building permits authorize.
  • FHFA House Price IndexFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe index page of FHFA: data, tools and the release dates.
  • FHFA HPI CalculatorFederal Housing Finance AgencyThe calculator of FHFA. It works by quarter, for a state or a metro area.

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Cite this page

Home Value Trail. Hillsborough township, NJ home price history and building permits. https://homevaluetrail.com/city/nj/hillsborough-township/. Source: US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey; Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for Somerset County. FHFA release of .

Where the figures come from

Building permits
US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place files through August 2026, permit office 224000. County, state and national figures from the county and state files.
Price trail
FHFA annual house price index for Somerset County, 1975 to 2025. Release of March 31, 2026.
County of the place
The county code of the Building Permits Survey row, and the Census Bureau 2020 place by county file.
Residents
US Census Bureau, population estimates for 2025.

All files are works of the US government, in the public domain. To report an error, see Corrections.

Questions

What kinds of buildings have permits in Hillsborough township?
In the 12 months to August 2026, 60 units are in buildings with one unit. 0 units are in buildings with two to four units. 91 units are in buildings with five or more units.
How does the count compare with the 12 months before?
Permits authorized 74 housing units in the 12 months before. Permits authorized 151 housing units in the 12 months to August 2026. The count increased by 104.1% between the two periods.
How many units have permits from 1995?
Permits in Hillsborough township authorized 4,464 housing units from 1995 to 2025. The year with the most units is 2020, with 416.