Alpine topped the list among New Jersey ZIP codes with a No. 12 ranking. Houses in 07620 had an average list price of $4,867,731 for the 90-day period ending Oct. 9.
While only two New Jersey ZIP codes are among the 100 priciest in the nation when it comes to the asking price for homes, another 22 cracked the top 500.
Forbes.com published the list Tuesday using information compiled by Altos Research, which examines the home market in real time. There are 28,500 ZIP codes nationwide.
Alpine topped the list among New Jersey ZIP codes with a No. 12 ranking. Houses in 07620 had an average list price of $4,867,731 for the 90-day period ending Oct. 9.
New Vernon, a section of Harding, placed 76th at $2,480,153.
The most expensive ZIP code in the nation is Atherton, Calif., a suburb of San Francisco, where the 20 available homes had an average asking price of $10,564,038.
Other New Jersey ZIP codes that finished higher than 200th are:
105. Short Hills -- $2,109,765
132. Sea Girt -- $1,934,493
152. Saddle River -- $1,797,016
176. Avalon -- $1,629,900
179. Mantoloking -- $1,618,997
190. Englewood Cliffs -- $1,580,769
Eight of the 24 Garden State ZIP codes are in Bergen County; Monmouth is next with six; Cape May, Essex, Ocean and Somerset have two apiece. Morris and Atlantic have one.
A pair of New York City ZIP codes placed in the top 10 in the U.S. The average for- sale price for third-ranked 10012 was $7,302,117. That area is roughly bordered by 6th Avenue, Washington Square Park and Broome Street.
Lower Manhattan's 10013 ZIP code, which includes parts of SoHo and Tribeca, was fifth with average price of $6,076,018.
The full list of New Jersey ZIP codes in the top 500 can be found here.
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