Short Hills vs Watsessing

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

Short Hills and Watsessing 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 7,944 in Watsessing). Short Hills has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $94,301 in Watsessing). Short Hills has the higher median home value ($1,621,200 vs $418,500 in Watsessing).

Population, income & housing

	Short Hills	Watsessing
Population	14,398	7,944
Median age	40.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$94,301
Median home value	$1,621,200	$418,500
Median gross rent	$3,259	$1,997
Housing units	4,508	3,737
Homeownership rate	87.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	90.0%	54.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Short Hills	Watsessing
Population	13,428 → 14,398 (+7.2%)	7,094 → 7,944 (+12.0%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$72,681 → $94,301 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$1,386,600 → $1,621,200 (+16.9%)	$324,700 → $418,500 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,798 → $3,259 (+16.5%)	$1,559 → $1,997 (+28.1%)

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

Watsessing

Population

7,0947,944

Median household income

$72,681$94,301

Median home value

$324,700$418,500

Median gross rent

$1,559$1,997

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Short Hills	Watsessing
Under 5	5.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	27.0%	8.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	11.5%
25 to 34	4.6%	22.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	20.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.6%
75 and over	4.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Short Hills	Watsessing
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	34.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	32.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	38.3%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Short Hills	Watsessing
No high school diploma	0.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	3.4%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	5.9%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	59.9%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Short Hills	Watsessing
Drove alone	34.4%	54.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	5.7%
Public transit	24.4%	16.5%
Walked	1.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.6%	19.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Short Hills	Watsessing
1-unit, detached	91.2%	23.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	7.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	42.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Short Hills	Watsessing
Poverty rate	3.5%	7.5%
Average household size	3.20	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	45	33
Median year structure built	1957	1956