Short Hills's median home price sits at $1,650,000, 293% above the $420,000 national median. On a $290,000 median household income, that puts the price-to-income ratio at 5.7x, or 5.7 years of gross pay for the purchase price alone.
Factor in $2,599/month for property tax in Short Hills, based on the area's 1.89% effective rate applied to the median home price. That's $31,185 annually.
Unlike the nine no-income-tax states, New Jersey taxes wage income. Worth running your actual take-home pay against the $11,886/month payment here before locking in a target price.
Day-to-day expenses in Short Hills track at 197 against the national 100 baseline, above average once you look past the mortgage payment itself.
Short Hills's median home price runs 298% higher than nearby Newark: $415,000 there versus $1,650,000 here.