Outside the three cities, Cumberland County is mostly small townships, and in most of them fewer than one household in four rents. The rental market is concentrated.
Bridgeton is the most rental-heavy city in the county. 4,759 households rent, nearly two out of three, and 78% of the city's housing is pre-1980, with 29% from before 1940.
Vineland has more renters in raw numbers, 6,509 households, and 65% of its housing is pre-1980. Millville has 4,248 renter households and 67% pre-1980 housing.
Three of Cumberland's 14 municipalities are on NJ DCA's 2025-26 dust wipe list. The biggest city in the county is not one of them.
| Town | Method | Renter households | Built before 1980 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vineland | Visual | 6,509 | 65% |
| Bridgeton | Dust wipe | 4,759 | 78% |
| Millville | Dust wipe | 4,248 | 67% |
| Lawrence Township | Dust wipe | 123 | 53% |
| Upper Deerfield | Visual | 634 | 67% |
| Commercial Township | Visual | 586 | 71% |
If you own in both Vineland and Millville, your properties follow different rules even though the cities border each other. The Millville units need lab-tested dust wipes. The Vineland units need a visual. Our per-unit price is the same for both.
Sources: NJ DCA 2025-26 Lead-Based Paint Inspection Methodology list; N.J.A.C. 5:28A (inspection cycle, tenant turnover and exemptions); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
$125 to $150 per unit, lab included. A Bridgeton two-family with dust wipes is $250 to $300, and the lab is not a separate line item. Bulk pricing starts at five units.
Coverage includes Vineland, Bridgeton, Millville, Upper Deerfield, Deerfield, Hopewell, Fairfield, Lawrence, Commercial, Downe, Maurice River, Greenwich, Stow Creek and Shiloh. Pricing background: NJ lead inspection costs, explained.
Neighboring counties: Salem and Gloucester. Full statute: NJ lead law reference.
Send each property's city and unit count.