Estimated median household income in 2007: $225,451
| This zip code: | $225,451 | | New Jersey: | $67,035 |
Nearest zip codes: 07041, 07081, 07901, 07088, 07039, 07040.
Housing units in zip code 07078 with a mortgage: 2,621 (228 second mortgage, 395 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,214
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $5,279
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $5,851
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 1.9% | | Whole state: | 8.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This zip code: | 0.7% | | Whole state: | 3.9% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 9.1 | | State: | 6.6 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.2 | | State: | 3.8 |
Year house built: |
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- 1999 to March 2000: 6
- 1995 to 1998: 20
- 1990 to 1994: 59
- 1980 to 1989: 109
- 1970 to 1979: 300
- 1960 to 1969: 761
- 1950 to 1959: 1,178
- 1940 to 1949: 640
- 1939 or earlier: 1,251
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in 07078: |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 7
- 2 bedrooms: 81
- 3 bedrooms: 1,081
- 4 bedrooms: 1,462
- 5 or more bedrooms: 1,276
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 143
- 2 bedrooms: 108
- 3 bedrooms: 47
- 4 bedrooms: 32
- 5 or more bedrooms: 5
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Vehicles available in 07078 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 43
- 1 vehicle: 612
- 2 vehicles: 2,311
- 3 vehicles: 708
- 4 vehicles: 155
- 5 or more vehicles: 78
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 0
- 1 vehicle: 138
- 2 vehicles: 181
- 3 vehicles: 8
- 4 vehicles: 8
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 07078:
- $70,000 to $79,999: 2
- $80,000 to $89,999: 6
- $90,000 to $99,999: 2
- $100,000 to $124,999: 5
- $125,000 to $149,999: 7
- $150,000 to $174,999: 2
- $175,000 to $199,999: 15
- $200,000 to $249,999: 11
- $250,000 to $299,999: 9
- $300,000 to $399,999: 23
- $400,000 to $499,999: 66
- $500,000 to $749,999: 226
- $750,000 to $999,999: 443
- $1,000,000 or more: 3,217
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Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 07078:
- $500 to $549: 5
- $650 to $699: 2
- $750 to $799: 8
- $800 to $899: 17
- $900 to $999: 57
- $1,000 to $1,249: 125
- $1,250 to $1,499: 270
- $1,500 to $1,999: 120
- $2,000 or more: 293
- No cash rent: 9
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $1,562,152.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $1,553,947
- Black or African American householders: $905,360
- Asian householders: $1,273,004
- Two or more races householders: $609,782
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $1,079,204
Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $1,530,413 (it was $690,300 in 2000)
| 07078: | $1,530,413 | | New Jersey: | $372,300 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $0 - $0
Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $1,507,784| Here: | $1,507,784 | | State: | $452,919 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $1,368,267| Here: | $1,368,267 | | State: | $310,364 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $1,562,184| Here: | $1,562,184 | | State: | $371,779 |
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
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Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,060
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 70
- 5 to 9: 34
- 10 to 19: 8
- 20 to 49: 71
- 50 or more: 47

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 3,299 (63%)
- Carpooled: 328 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 31 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 33 (1%)
- Railroad: 1,110 (21%)
- Ferryboat: 11 (0%)
- Taxi: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 39 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 348 (7%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 149
- 5 to 9 minutes: 389
- 10 to 14 minutes: 481
- 15 to 19 minutes: 408
- 20 to 24 minutes: 513
- 25 to 29 minutes: 256
- 30 to 34 minutes: 393
- 35 to 39 minutes: 123
- 40 to 44 minutes: 256
- 45 to 59 minutes: 597
- 60 to 89 minutes: 1090
- 90 or more minutes: 220
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 34.8%
Household type by relationship
Households: 12,888
- In family households: 12,210 (3,143 male householders, 549 female householders)
3,486 spouses, 4,690 children (4,463 natural, 139 adopted, 88 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 56 brothers or sisters, 52 parents, 107 other relatives, 110 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 678 (194 male householders (147 living alone)), 393 female householders (360 living alone)), 91 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,279 2-persons, 729 3-persons, 1,075 4-persons, 475 5-persons, 127 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 507 1-person, 75 2-persons, 5 3-persons.
3,855 married couples with children.
254 single-parent households (53 men, 201 women).
83.3% of residents of 07078 zip code speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% very well, 9% well, 18% not well).
6.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% very well, 10% well, 1% not well).
6.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (72% very well, 19% well, 9% not well).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (80% very well, 20% well).
Foreign born population: 1,645 (12.8%)
(62.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 12.8% | | Whole state: | 17.5% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Taiwan (10%)
- Israel (7%)
- India (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
- Hong Kong (4%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 1995 to March 2000: 341
- 1990 to 1994: 178
- 1985 to 1989: 229
- 1980 to 1984: 114
- 1975 to 1979: 215
- 1970 to 1974: 146
- 1970 to 1974: 125
- 1965 to 1969: 297
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White population: 11,461
Black population: 130
American Indian population: 9
Asian population: 1,076
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 6
Some other race population: 37
Two or more races population: 130

First ancestries reported:
|  Other groups: 2389 |
|  Italian: 1265 |
|  Russian: 1043 |
|  German: 952 |
|  United States or American: 920 |
|  Irish: 794 |
|  English: 645 |
|  Polish: 503 |
|  Eastern European: 319 |
|  European: 262 |
|  Austrian: 220 |
|  Hungarian: 218 |
|  French (except Basque): 150 |
|  Scottish: 148 |
|  Israeli: 139 |
|  Swedish: 130 |
|  Greek: 126 |
|  British: 119 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 102 |
|  Norwegian: 96 |
|  Ukrainian: 80 |
|  Arab:: 75 |
|  Dutch: 74 |
|  Romanian: 64 |
|  Lithuanian: 62 |
|  Armenian: 48 |
|  Portuguese: 47 |
|  Swiss: 41 |
|  Iranian: 40 |
|  Slovak: 35 |
|  Yugoslavian: 31 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 29 |
|  Latvian: 27 |
|  Turkish: 24 |
|  Welsh: 23 |
|  Syrian: 23 |
|  South African: 22 |
|  Czech: 22 |
|  Subsaharan African:: 22 |
|  Northern European: 19 |
|  Canadian: 18 |
|  Egyptian: 18 |
|  West Indian: 14 |
|  Arab/Arabic: 12 |
|  Lebanese: 12 |
|  Moroccan: 10 |
|  Brazilian: 9 |
|  Jamaican: 9 |
|  Danish: 8 |
|  Estonian: 7 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 7 |
|  Croatian: 7 |
|  Finnish: 7 |
|  Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 6 |
|  French Canadian: 5 |
|  Bulgarian: 5 |

Public primary/middle schools in zip code 07078 not listed on the city page:- HARTSHORN (Students: 539; Location: 400 HARTSHORN DRIVE, SHORT HILLS, NJ; Grades: KG - 05)
- DEERFIELD (Students: 504; Location: 25 TROY LANE, SHORT HILLS, NJ; Grades: KG - 05)
- GLENWOOD (Students: 473; Location: 325 TAYLOR ROAD SOUTH, SHORT HILLS, NJ; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools not listed on the city page:- PINGRY SHORT HILLS CAMPUS SCH (Students: 311; Location: COUNTRY DAY DRIVE, SHORT HILLS, NJ; Grades: KG - 6)
- ST ROSE OF LIMA SCHOOL (Students: 299; Location: 52 SHORT HILLS AVENUE, SHORT HILLS, NJ; Grades: PK - 8)
- FAR BROOK SCHOOL (Students: 220; Location: 52 GREAT HILLS ROAD, SHORT HILLS, NJ; Grades: PK - 8)
- THE WINSTON SCHOOL (Students: 49; Location: 100 EAST LANE, SHORT HILLS, NJ; Grades: UG - UG)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (90%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5673
- Northeast: 4045
- Midwest: 637
- South: 570
- West: 169
68% of the 07078 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in New Jersey.
Population in 1990: 12,129. Population change in the 1990s: +720 (+5.9%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 345
| Here: | 18.2% | | New Jersey: | 13.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 119
| Here: | 15.6% | | New Jersey: | 13.0% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 182
| Here: | 66.2% | | New Jersey: | 30.1% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (SHORT HILLS, NJ):
- KING WORLD PRODUCTIONS INC (830 MORRIS TURNPIKE)
$386,100 with Department of Defense for Miscellaneous Items. Taking place in NY. Signed on 2001-06-26. Completion date: 2001-12-31.
- KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP (150 JOHN F KENNEDY PARKWA)
$109,279 with Navy for Other Professional Services. Taking place in CA. Signed on 2000-10-01. Completion date: 1998-03-01.
- IN FOCUS MEDIA CO, INC (37 HICKORY RD; small business): $49,960 in 6 contracts from 2002 to 2005
Contracts for Other Photographic, Mapping, Printing, and Publication Services, Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D), Miscellaneous Printed Matter, Advertising Services by Navy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Minerals Management Service Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $5,570; 2003: $4,140; 2004: $11,975; 2005: $28,275; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$22,700 with Navy for Other Photographic, Mapping, Printing, and Publication Services. Signed on 2005-03-02. Completion date: 2005-09-30.
$7,710 with Navy for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2004-11-10. Completion date: 2005-09-30.
$5,575 with Navy for Miscellaneous Printed Matter. Signed on 2005-11-17. Completion date: 2006-10-30.
$5,570 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Advertising Services. Signed on 2002-03-07. Completion date: 2002-03-15.
- PBS PUBLISHING, LLC (11 SPARTA RD): $30,594 in 5 contracts from 2004 to 2006
Contracts for ADP Software, Office Information System Equipment, Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Automatic Data Processing Equipment (Including Firmware), Software, Supplies and Support Equipment, Program Management/Support Services by Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Navy, Air Force Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $4,777; 2005: $22,853; 2006: $2,964.
Biggest contracts:
$11,472 with Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for ADP Software. Taking place in MD. Signed on 2005-07-11. Completion date: 2006-06-30.
$7,188 with Navy for Office Information System Equipment. Signed on 2005-09-29. Completion date: 2006-09-30.
$4,777 with Navy for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Automatic Data Processing Equipment (Including Firmware), Software, Supplies and Support Equipment. Signed on 2004-12-15. Completion date: 2005-09-30.
$4,193 with Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for ADP Software. Taking place in MD. Signed on 2005-07-11. Completion date: 2005-06-30.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Finance and Insurance: Securities Brokerage (100-249 employees: 2 establishments, 50-99 employees: 2 establishments, 20-49 employees: 1 establishment, 10-19 employees: 1 establishment, 5-9 employees: 1 establishment)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Offices of Certified Public Accountants (250-499: 1, 50-99: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 3)
- Construction: Land Subdivision (250-499: 1, 10-19: 2, 1-4: 6)
- Finance and Insurance: Savings Institutions (100-249: 2, 20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 2, 1-4: 1)
- Management of Companies and Enterprises: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (250-499: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Janitorial Services (250-499: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
- Finance and Insurance: Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (250-499: 1, 1-4: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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National Bridge Inventory (NBI) statistics
Number of bridges: 6
Total length: 235 meters
Total average daily traffic: 134,117
Total average daily truck traffic: 24
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