Moving to Highland Park: a practical guide
Housing and what it costs
Highland Park is famously affordable relative to the Bergen County and Lakewood markets, and that is a large part of why the community keeps growing. Housing is mostly older single-family and row homes on a compact grid — smaller than suburban Bergen County stock, but priced well below it. Families who outgrow a Highland Park house frequently move to Edison next door for more space without leaving the kehilla. Figures are approximate as of mid-2026 — use the apartment search above for live listings.
Picking a block
The town is genuinely walkable, so most of it works — the practical question is which shul you want to be near. Congregation Ohav Emeth on Raritan Avenue is the largest, joined by Ahavas Achim, Agudath Israel, the Sephardic Congregation Etz Ahaim, and Khal Chassidim, which keeps most families within a short walk of a minhag-appropriate minyan. The Highland Park and Edison Eruv covers the town and the adjacent Orthodox section of Edison; check a specific address on its map at hperuv.org.
Kosher and daily life
Raritan Avenue is the spine: Glatt 27 covers groceries, deli, and takeout, and Grill House brings a sit-down glatt kosher restaurant to the strip. The Lefkovits Family Park Mikvah is on South 1st Avenue. For a compact community, Highland Park is unusually self-sufficient — most weekly needs are a walk away.
Schools
Families draw on the day schools of the wider Raritan Valley community, including RPRY next door in Edison. The shared eruv and shared schools are what make Highland Park and Edison function as one kehilla rather than two towns. Confirm current admissions and busing directly with each school.
Commuting
Highland Park sits just across the Raritan River from New Brunswick and Rutgers, with Northeast Corridor rail access toward New York and Trenton. That puts both New York and the central New Jersey job market in reach, which — combined with the housing costs — is the core of the community’s appeal to young families.