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About the Short Hills, New Jersey Area The Town  Short Hills is an area located within the township of Millburn, in Essex County, New Jersey. The town is an active bedroom community of New York City. The opening of the Kearny Connection, allowing the establishment of the first direct rail service to Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan, has enhanced real-estate values immensely. Short Hills also has a business district along Chatham Road near the railroad station, which includes the post-office branch, a pharmacy, and several small specialty shops. Short Hills is also home to many senior executives and controlling stockholders of some of the largest corporations in the United States and their families. The median family income is over $200,000. Millburn's schools are often commended for their high standards. Millburn High School was rated best public high school in the state for 2008 by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. The survey used various objective criteria including percentage of graduates going to college, number of students in accelerated courses and average SAT scores. Though Short Hills has its own railroad station and post-office branch, it does not have an independent government. It remains today a part of the Township of Millburn, as it has been since its inception. Transportation
 The Morristown Line and its Gladstone Branch both serve the Short Hills train station. They provide service to multiple towns in northern New Jersey and west of Newark, and also to Hoboken and New York City. Service begins at 5:00 a.m. and ends at 2:24 a.m. 58 inbound trains (including 15 peak-hour trains) and 63 outbound trains (including 14 peak-hour trains) stop at this station every weekday. Weekend and holiday service is limited to 39 inbound and 39 outbound trains, running between 5:32 a.m. and 2:20 a.m. Afternoon and evening service to and from Hoboken typically consists of trains containing three or four self-propelled electric cars. Hoboken service at other hours, and all Midtown Direct service (to and from New York), is provided on much longer trains propelled by electric (or occasionally Diesel-electric) locomotives either in push or pull mode. For fare-calculation and seat-check purposes, the Short Hills station is in Zone 7 of the Morris and Essex Lines, a zone it shares with the Millburn station. As is the policy everywhere on the New Jersey Transit system, passengers who board the train while the ticket office is open, and then buy their tickets on board, are subject to a five-dollar surcharge. Theoretically, any passenger could connect between the Morristown Line and the Gladstone Branch at this or any other station between Summit and Newark Broad Street stations. However, most passengers will transfer, if they need to, between the Morristown and Gladstone branches at Summit and between Midtown Direct and Hoboken service at Newark Broad Street. New Jersey Transit does not operate any local bus route connecting to this station. However, at least one local hadicap/elderly jitney-like line provides service to this station. Permitted parking is available on the eastbound side and across nearby Chatham Avenue, next to the United States Post Office branch. Permits typically cost $300 per year and are the same as the residential-parking permits that carry with them the privilege of parking one's car on the street in front of one's own house. Most Short Hills residents do not buy the annual permits. When they use the train they have family members drop them off at the station and pick them up. (Nearby shopping districts guard their parking spaces with meters that run no longer than one hour, for the nominal fee of ten cents per hour, a fee intended solely to prevent railroad users from abusing their parking privileges.) Parking is not permitted on the westbound side. Limited standing is permitted for passenger pickup and drop-off. Bicycle parking, in the form of metal chaining racks, is available on the eastbound side. Demographics Short Hills is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,888 people and just one neighborhood, Short Hills is the 161st largest community in New Jersey. Short Hills is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.51% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Short Hills is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Short Hills who work in management occupations (22.87%), sales jobs (19.78%), and business and financial occupations (9.32%). Of important note, Short Hills is also a town of artists. Short Hills has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Short Hills's character. The per capita income in Short Hills in 2000 was $92,940, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $371,760 for a family of four. However, Short Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The most common language spoken in Short Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish. Education Short Hills has five K-5 elementary schools, all part of the Millburn Township Public Schools, the Deerfield Elementary School, Glenwood Elementary School, Hartshorn Elementary School, Wyoming Elementary School, and South Mountain Elementary School. Students move on to complete their education at the Millburn Middle School for grades 6-8 and Millburn High School for grades 9-12. Millburn's schools are often commended for their high standards. Millburn High School was rated best public high school in the state for 2008 by New Jersey Monthly Magazine. The survey used various objective criteria including percentage of graduates going to college, number of students in accelerated courses and average SAT scores. Points of interest Cora Hartshorn Arboretum and Bird Sanctuary The Mall at Short Hills Paper Mill Playhouse Important Phone Numbers Accident Reports Police 973-564-7014 |
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