Chesterfield, NJ Real Estate
The slowest-moving market of the sixteen New Jersey municipalities in the July 2026 state REALTOR® report — 100 days on market, and one single new listing in the entire township that month. If you are buying here, scarcity is the problem, not competition.
One hundred days, and one new listing all month
Chesterfield was the slowest market of the sixteen municipalities in the July 2026 report — 100 days on market against a Burlington County figure of 29. In the same month, exactly one new home was listed for sale in the entire township.
Source: New Jersey REALTORS®, Local Market Update for July 2026, single family detached, drawn from the multiple listing services in the state of New Jersey and current as of 9 August 2026. This is the official state REALTOR® association report, not a valuation model. Median sale price does not account for concessions or down payment assistance. Eleven homes closed in July and 43 year to date. Chesterfield is a small, expensive, slow-turning market; every figure here should be read as the shape of that market rather than a precise prediction about any one house.
The constraint is supply, not price
One new listing in a month. Thirteen homes for sale in the entire township. Forty-three sales in seven months. Those three numbers together describe a market where the hard part is finding a house at all.
That reframes the whole search. In Burlington City or Willingboro the question is which of the available homes is right for you. In Chesterfield the question is whether anything will come up in your window, and whether you are positioned to act the day it does. We watch this market for clients specifically because you cannot watch it casually — blink and the month’s only listing has come and gone.
It also means 100 days is not a discount signal. Homes here still closed at 98.0% of list price. Slow does not mean soft. A seller in a township with thirteen homes on the market has very little pressure to cut, and the data says they are not cutting.
- Be ready before the listing appears. Full pre-approval, not pre-qualification. You may get one shot this quarter.
- 98.0% of list. Expect to pay close to asking. The long marketing time is scarcity of buyers at this price, not seller desperation.
- 2.6 months supply. Tighter than Burlington City’s 4.9 despite taking three times as long to sell — because almost nothing is listed.
- Year to date the median is $760,000, up 2.0%. Steady, not spiking.
- Widen the search on purpose. Bordentown Township, Lumberton and Mansfield are the realistic alternatives at or near this price.
Where $760,000 sits in this county
Median sale price year to date through July 2026, from the same state REALTOR® report, so every figure below is measured the same way. Chesterfield is not near anything else we cover.
Source: New Jersey REALTORS®, Local Market Update for July 2026, single family detached, year to date medians. If your budget is the constraint rather than the house, we will point you at Riverside, Burlington City, Palmyra or Willingboro instead, and we would rather say that in the first conversation than the fifth.
A note on what is missing from this page
Every other town guide we publish opens with Census demographics — population, homeownership rate, household income, how many households speak a language other than English. This one does not, and we would rather explain why than quietly leave the section out.
Chesterfield Township does not return those figures in the sources we use. The U.S. Census Bureau’s QuickFacts tool did not produce a municipal profile for it. So the numbers on this page are transaction data only, from the New Jersey REALTORS® monthly report.
We could have filled the gap with county averages and called them Chesterfield. Plenty of pages do. We would rather show you a shorter page that is entirely true than a longer one that quietly borrows Burlington County’s numbers and puts a Chesterfield headline on them.
- What is real here: closed sales, days on market, median sale price, percent of list price received, inventory and months supply — all from the state REALTOR® association’s MLS data.
- What is not on this page: population, homeownership rate, household income, language and origin data.
- Sample size matters. Forty-three sales year to date is a real market but a small one. We show the year to date figures alongside the monthly ones so you can see the difference yourself.
- If you need the demographic picture for a specific Chesterfield decision, ask us and we will pull it from the township directly rather than guess.
Buying in Chesterfield, step by step
The same process we use everywhere in New Jersey. No shortcuts, no surprises at the closing table.
Consultation first
Every buyer sits down with our broker of record before we show a single property. Budget, loan options, timeline, and what Chesterfield actually costs.
Written agreement
New Jersey requires a written brokerage agreement and a Consumer Information Statement. You will know exactly who represents you and how we are paid.
Search and offer
We show, we compare against real sold data, and when you are ready we write an offer with terms that protect you — inspection, financing, appraisal.
Attorney review to close
New Jersey gives both sides a three-day attorney review. We stay on the file through inspection, mortgage commitment, walkthrough and closing.
Questions we get about Chesterfield
Why do homes take so long to sell in Chesterfield?
One hundred days was the July 2026 median, the slowest of the sixteen New Jersey municipalities in that report. It is a supply and price-point story: only one new home was listed in the township all month and just thirteen were for sale in total, so the pool of buyers at $750,000-plus is small and takes time to find. Homes still closed at 98.0% of list.
Does the slow market mean I can negotiate?
Less than you would think, and we would rather tell you that up front. Sellers here received 98.0% of list price in July and 97.6% year to date. Long marketing time in Chesterfield reflects a thin buyer pool, not sellers under pressure.
Is Chesterfield the most expensive town in Burlington County?
It is the most expensive of the municipalities we cover, at a $760,000 median sale price year to date against $449,000 for Burlington County overall. Lumberton at $625,000 and Bordentown Township at $510,000 are the next tier down. We do not claim to have measured every municipality in the county.
How many homes actually sell there?
Forty-three single family homes year to date through July 2026, and eleven in July itself. For comparison, Willingboro closed 224 year to date. It is a small market, and that is the single most important thing to understand about buying in it.
Where is Chesterfield?
Eastern Burlington County, on the Mercer County line near Bordentown, Mansfield and Springfield, with the New Jersey Turnpike corridor nearby. It is one of the townships closest to our Mercer County base.
Do you have Spanish-speaking agents for Chesterfield?
Yes. Every agent at Finca Realty works in English and Spanish, in every town we cover, at every price point.
Thinking about Chesterfield?
In a township where one home was listed all of last month, the work is being ready before it appears. Let us watch it with you.
Finca Realty LLC is a licensed New Jersey real estate brokerage serving Mercer and Burlington Counties in English and Spanish. Census figures on this page describe the municipality’s housing stock and residents. They are not an appraisal, a market forecast, or a statement about any specific property.