Newark vs Short Hills

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

Newark 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.

Newark has the higher population (307,188 vs 14,398 in Short Hills). Short Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $48,416 in Newark). Short Hills has the higher median home value ($1,621,200 vs $337,800 in Newark).

Population, income & housing

	Newark	Short Hills
Population	307,188	14,398
Median age	34.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,416	$250,001
Median home value	$337,800	$1,621,200
Median gross rent	$1,330	$3,259
Housing units	121,604	4,508
Homeownership rate	24.1%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	90.0%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark	Short Hills
Population	281,054 → 307,188 (+9.3%)	13,428 → 14,398 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$35,199 → $48,416 (+37.5%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$245,200 → $337,800 (+37.8%)	$1,386,600 → $1,621,200 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,330 (+22.6%)	$2,798 → $3,259 (+16.5%)

Newark

Population

281,054307,188

Median household income

$35,199$48,416

Median home value

$245,200$337,800

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,330

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)

	Newark	Short Hills
Under 5	6.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	27.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	4.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	20.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	9.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.4%
75 and over	4.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark	Short Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	51.2%
Black or African American	45.5%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	38.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	37.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark	Short Hills
No high school diploma	22.8%	0.7%
High school graduate	37.4%	3.4%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	59.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark	Short Hills
Drove alone	50.4%	34.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	2.5%
Public transit	18.6%	24.4%
Walked	4.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	36.6%
Other means	8.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark	Short Hills
1-unit, detached	11.5%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	40.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	21.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark	Short Hills
Poverty rate	24.7%	3.5%
Average household size	2.59	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	45
Median year structure built	1966	1957