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Short Hills, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Short Hills is a Census CDP of 14,923 people across 5.26 square miles of land, in Essex County. Median household income is $250,001, 86.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 18 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.0 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Short Hills
What Short Hills is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area5.26 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,839
- County holding the largest share of its areaEssex County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Short Hills
How many people live in Short Hills
- Population14,923
- Median age41.5
- Population under 184,757
- Share under 1831.9 percent
- Population 65 and over1,749
- Share 65 and over11.7 percent
- Households4,665
- Family households4,216
- Share of households that are families90.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Short Hills
Income and work in Short Hills
- Median household income$250,001
- Per capita income$164,794
- Civilian labor force7,170
- Employed6,924
- Unemployed246 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate3.4 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over9,152
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher92.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree61.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Short Hills
Housing in Short Hills
- Housing units4,718
- Occupied units4,665
- Vacant units53 plus or minus 61
- Vacancy rate1.1 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Owner occupied4,033
- Renter occupied632 plus or minus 128
- Ownership rate86.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,674,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$3,126
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.0 percent
- Single family units4,259
- Share single family90.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more415 plus or minus 134
- Share in buildings of two or more8.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Mobile homes44 plus or minus 65
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Short Hills
How Short Hills gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,077
- Commuting under 15 minutes982 plus or minus 234
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,391
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more58.6 percent
- Drove alone33.8 percent
- Carpooled2.1 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Public transport21.0 percent
- Walked1.7 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home40.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Short Hills
SBA loans in Short Hills (7(a))
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$8,953,000
- Average approval$497,389
- Median approval$300,000
- Largest approval$2,500,000
- Jobs supported136
- Jobs per approval7.6
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises22.2 percent
- Distinct lenders12
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Short Hills, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 5 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Short Hills
SBA loans in Short Hills (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$208,000
- Average approval$208,000
- Median approval$208,000
- Largest approval$208,000
- Jobs supported3
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Short Hills, in any county, FY2010 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Essex County, not Short Hills
Essex County context, not Short Hills figures
- Establishments in Essex County19,392
- Covered employment, Essex County349,076
- Average annual pay, Essex County$88,369
- Housing units permitted, Essex County3,827
Every figure in this section is published for Essex County as a whole and is not a measurement of Short Hills.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Short Hills questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Short Hills, New Jersey?
14,923, in 4,665 households. Short Hills CDP covers 5.26 square miles of land, which is 2,839 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Short Hills in?
Essex County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Short Hills?
$250,001. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,674,100. Median gross rent is $3,126 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Short Hills businesses?
18 7(a) approvals totaling $9.0 m since FY2020, across 12 lenders, median approval $300,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $208,000 since FY2010. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Short Hills, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Short Hills borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Short Hills. Only 5 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Short Hills figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Essex County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Short Hills.
Is zoning published for Short Hills?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.