Short Hills vs Upper Montclair

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

Short Hills and Upper Montclair 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 12,279 in Upper Montclair). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Short Hills has the higher median home value ($1,621,200 vs $968,200 in Upper Montclair).

Population, income & housing

	Short Hills	Upper Montclair
Population	14,398	12,279
Median age	40.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$1,621,200	$968,200
Median gross rent	$3,259	$2,290
Housing units	4,508	4,212
Homeownership rate	87.6%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	90.0%	85.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Short Hills	Upper Montclair
Population	13,428 → 14,398 (+7.2%)	11,589 → 12,279 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$211,221 → $250,001 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$1,386,600 → $1,621,200 (+16.9%)	$766,100 → $968,200 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,798 → $3,259 (+16.5%)	$2,008 → $2,290 (+14.0%)

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

Upper Montclair

Population

11,58912,279

Median household income

$211,221$250,001

Median home value

$766,100$968,200

Median gross rent

$2,008$2,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Short Hills	Upper Montclair
Under 5	5.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	27.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	4.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	20.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.8%
75 and over	4.5%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Short Hills	Upper Montclair
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	75.0%
Black or African American	2.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	38.3%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Short Hills	Upper Montclair
No high school diploma	0.7%	1.4%
High school graduate	3.4%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	5.9%	10.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	35.7%
Graduate or professional degree	59.9%	49.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Short Hills	Upper Montclair
Drove alone	34.4%	33.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	1.9%
Public transit	24.4%	22.6%
Walked	1.2%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.6%	39.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Short Hills	Upper Montclair
1-unit, detached	91.2%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Short Hills	Upper Montclair
Poverty rate	3.5%	1.8%
Average household size	3.20	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	45	43
Median year structure built	1957	1938