Caldwell vs Short Hills

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

Caldwell 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 8,898 in Caldwell). Short Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $101,196 in Caldwell). Short Hills has the higher median home value ($1,621,200 vs $563,000 in Caldwell).

Population, income & housing

	Caldwell	Short Hills
Population	8,898	14,398
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,196	$250,001
Median home value	$563,000	$1,621,200
Median gross rent	$1,937	$3,259
Housing units	3,874	4,508
Homeownership rate	45.4%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	90.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caldwell	Short Hills
Population	7,969 → 8,898 (+11.7%)	13,428 → 14,398 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$96,806 → $101,196 (+4.5%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$466,700 → $563,000 (+20.6%)	$1,386,600 → $1,621,200 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,512 → $1,937 (+28.1%)	$2,798 → $3,259 (+16.5%)

Caldwell

Population

7,9698,898

Median household income

$96,806$101,196

Median home value

$466,700$563,000

Median gross rent

$1,512$1,937

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)

	Caldwell	Short Hills
Under 5	6.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	27.0%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	4.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	20.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.4%
75 and over	8.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caldwell	Short Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	51.2%
Black or African American	4.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	12.6%	38.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caldwell	Short Hills
No high school diploma	3.2%	0.7%
High school graduate	18.9%	3.4%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	59.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caldwell	Short Hills
Drove alone	65.5%	34.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	2.5%
Public transit	4.8%	24.4%
Walked	4.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	36.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caldwell	Short Hills
1-unit, detached	31.6%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	25.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caldwell	Short Hills
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.5%
Average household size	2.18	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	45
Median year structure built	1958	1957