Brookdale vs Short Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Brookdale and Short Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Brookdale and Short Hills are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Short Hills has the higher population (14,398 vs 10,044 in Brookdale). Short Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $150,489 in Brookdale). Short Hills has the higher median home value ($1,621,200 vs $527,200 in Brookdale).

Population, income & housing

	Brookdale	Short Hills
Population	10,044	14,398
Median age	38.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$150,489	$250,001
Median home value	$527,200	$1,621,200
Median gross rent	$1,698	$3,259
Housing units	3,611	4,508
Homeownership rate	88.1%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.5%	90.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookdale	Short Hills
Population	9,801 → 10,044 (+2.5%)	13,428 → 14,398 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$112,214 → $150,489 (+34.1%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$378,600 → $527,200 (+39.2%)	$1,386,600 → $1,621,200 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,469 → $1,698 (+15.6%)	$2,798 → $3,259 (+16.5%)

Brookdale

Population

9,80110,044

Median household income

$112,214$150,489

Median home value

$378,600$527,200

Median gross rent

$1,469$1,698

Short Hills

Population

13,42814,398

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$1,386,600$1,621,200

Median gross rent

$2,798$3,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookdale	Short Hills
Under 5	11.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	27.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	4.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	20.2%
55 to 64	8.8%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.4%
75 and over	7.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookdale	Short Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	51.2%
Black or African American	7.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	11.6%	38.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookdale	Short Hills
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.7%
High school graduate	19.9%	3.4%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.0%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.5%	59.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookdale	Short Hills
Drove alone	53.4%	34.4%
Carpooled	10.7%	2.5%
Public transit	11.6%	24.4%
Walked	1.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	36.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookdale	Short Hills
1-unit, detached	87.7%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookdale	Short Hills
Poverty rate	2.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.83	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	34	45
Median year structure built	1951	1957