Glen Ridge vs Short Hills

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

Glen Ridge 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 7,827 in Glen Ridge). Short Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $248,016 in Glen Ridge). Short Hills has the higher median home value ($1,621,200 vs $730,600 in Glen Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Ridge	Short Hills
Population	7,827	14,398
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$248,016	$250,001
Median home value	$730,600	$1,621,200
Median gross rent	$2,347	$3,259
Housing units	2,553	4,508
Homeownership rate	93.0%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.4%	90.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Ridge	Short Hills
Population	7,584 → 7,827 (+3.2%)	13,428 → 14,398 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$202,222 → $248,016 (+22.6%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$653,400 → $730,600 (+11.8%)	$1,386,600 → $1,621,200 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,723 → $2,347 (+36.2%)	$2,798 → $3,259 (+16.5%)

Glen Ridge

Population

7,5847,827

Median household income

$202,222$248,016

Median home value

$653,400$730,600

Median gross rent

$1,723$2,347

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)

	Glen Ridge	Short Hills
Under 5	5.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	27.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	4.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	20.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	8.4%
75 and over	2.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Ridge	Short Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	51.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	38.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Ridge	Short Hills
No high school diploma	0.3%	0.7%
High school graduate	10.4%	3.4%
Some college or associate's	5.9%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	59.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Ridge	Short Hills
Drove alone	35.0%	34.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	2.5%
Public transit	27.8%	24.4%
Walked	1.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.1%	36.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Ridge	Short Hills
1-unit, detached	84.0%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	10.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Ridge	Short Hills
Poverty rate	1.0%	3.5%
Average household size	3.13	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	38	45
Median year structure built	1938	1957