Zip lookup · NJ

07078
Short Hills, New Jersey.

Short Hills, Essex County, NJ · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro · population 14,613

What it costs per month · 07078 $12,492/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$7,562 (+153%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $191,511 +9%
$2,188,399$2,379,910 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $799,429 +51%
$1,580,481$2,379,910 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$2,500 $5,000 $7,500 $10,000 $12,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 07078 $12,492 United States $1,922
$2,500 $5,000 $7,500 $10,000 $12,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 07078$12,492
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 8 years.

Typical home values in zip 07078 rose 8.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Essex County, NJ 100% · Morris County, NJ 0%

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Short Hills, NJ — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $7,342 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $2,379,910 as of Sep 2026
+8.8%year on year

Asking rent — 07078

Against the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro and the national benchmark.

$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 2026 07078 $7,342 New York $3,549 United States $1,930
$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 2026
  • 07078$7,342
  • New York$3,549
  • United States$1,930

Typical home value — 07078

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 07078 $2,379,910 New York $730,949 United States $366,157
$500,000 $1,000,000 $1,500,000 $2,000,000 $2,500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 07078$2,379,910
  • New York$730,949
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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1.9 07041 Millburn 7,532 $3,196 $1,304,113
2.8 07901 Summit 24,314 $2,977 $1,400,982
2.8 07088 Vauxhall 2,901 — $465,238
2.9 07081 Springfield 17,171 $2,617 $700,286
3.0 07039 Livingston 31,488 $4,260 $1,092,365
3.0 07040 Maplewood 25,613 $2,875 $960,088
3.6 07079 South Orange 18,539 $3,094 $1,065,701
4.2 07932 Florham Park 11,977 $3,724 $1,050,627
4.5 07083 Union 58,170 $2,586 $576,973
4.5 07092 Mountainside 7,049 — $1,048,067
4.6 07928 Chatham 19,974 $3,106 $1,369,976
4.7 07052 West Orange 48,620 $2,920 $689,653
4.9 07033 Kenilworth 8,401 — $625,327
4.9 07940 Madison 17,610 $3,423 $1,061,502
5.0 07974 New Providence 13,349 $3,198 $1,004,734
5.1 07106 Newark 36,383 $2,064 $462,342
5.2 07111 Irvington 60,867 $1,920 $419,974
5.2 07050 Orange 34,181 $1,970 $462,182
5.5 07068 Roseland 6,268 — $823,746
5.7 07936 East Hanover 11,152 $3,363 $855,646
5.8 07018 East Orange 28,924 $1,991 $466,069
6.0 07016 Cranford 24,074 $3,119 $773,488
6.1 07205 Hillside 22,349 $2,350 $518,351
6.2 07204 Roselle Park 14,093 $2,527 $542,262
6.3 07027 Garwood 4,885 — $677,525
6.3 07090 Westfield 31,111 $2,973 $1,305,612
6.4 07021 Essex Fells 2,361 — $1,466,936
6.4 07112 Newark 29,456 $1,972 $494,915
6.6 07935 Green Village 584 — $1,093,067
6.6 07017 East Orange 40,910 $1,997 $486,429

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.