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Short Hills, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Short Hills, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 13,250. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SHORT-HILLS-NJ · Short Hills, NJ 1 ZIPs · 13,250 pop · #96/25278 · Essex County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $250,001
  • RANK-TOP #96/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Livingston
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-TOWN 13,250
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $1,679,200

Nearest income peer: Livingston, NJ ( $20,195 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Short Hills

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Short Hills on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Short Hills, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 1%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
13,250
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$250,000+
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $250,000+ and home value $1,679,200 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 92.7%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New Jersey, New Vernon is the closest lower-income city by average ZIP household income. Its 1 ZIP footprint is the immediate statewide comparison for Short Hills.

Population concentration

Short Hills's single ZIP 07078 carries the town

Short Hills is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 07078 is the entire residential footprint (13,250 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Short Hills's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 596 establishments, 9,549 employees , annual payroll $990,428k (~45 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07078 (596 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (152) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in Short Hills, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Essex County, which covers 31 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Short Hills. See the Essex County roll-up →

No other city sharing Essex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Short Hills. Newark, East Orange and Irvington sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Newark marks the far end of that range at $48,814, 80% below Short Hills.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07078 13,250 $250,000+ 596 794
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Short Hills roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Short Hills, .