The HillsNJ
A town of 10,785.
Is The Hills a good place to live?
74% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in The Hills, against 45% in New Jersey’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. Among 469 New Jersey towns, just 4 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than The Hills. The Hills’ trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile, above both the New Jersey town median (0.7) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). We don’t grade The Hills yet; the figures below are still real.
98% of working residents leave The Hills for work
Where The Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Square Garden and 501 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around The Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw35 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw34 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw36 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw32 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & MuseumPhoto credits
Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0
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Moving to The Hills: who provides what
The Hills is unincorporated, so Somerset County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in The Hills.
Most of The Hills’ workers commute out: the town has 0.7 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave The Hills for work: only 2% work in town. The Hills’ median household income is $155,000. Since 2013, The Hills has added 1,282 jobs, to 4,027 in 2023.
| The Hills | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 30% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $155,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in The Hills
The Hills has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 21° and about 21 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Second Watchung Greenway | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The Hills faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in The Hills since 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Hills stands out in New Jersey and nationally: a smaller share of its adults report frequent mental distress
11% of adults report frequent mental distress in The Hills. The Hills beats the New Jersey average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 8.8% of adults report frequent physical distress in The Hills.
| The Hills | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.1% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | The Hills | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.8% | 11.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.4% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in The Hills sells for about $592K at the median
The median rent in The Hills is $2,376 a month.
| The Hills | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,376 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 83% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about The Hills
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of The Hills
About 3 of every 100 The Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
About The Hills
Populated place in Somerset County, New Jersey, US
The Hills is a planned community and census-designated place (CDP) in Bedminster and Bernards townships, Somerset County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, The Hills had a population of 11,410. The community is in northern Somerset County, in the southeast corner of Bedminster Township and the western corner of Bernards Township. It is bordered to the north by the borough of Far Hills, to the east by Liberty Corner, and to the south by Pluckemin. The Hills CDP has two sections of development: one, primarily in Bernards Township, that is atop the western end of Second Watchung Mountain, and the other, entirely in Bedminst…
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- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 528 ft
The Hills’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with The Hills.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pluckemin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liberty Corner | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Far Hills | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bernards Township | #17 | A+ | D | A+ | A | A+ |
| Bedminster Township | #76 | A | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Bridgewater Township | #144 | A− | D | — | B+ | A+ |
Bridgewater Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. The Hills, Pluckemin, Liberty Corner and Far Hills aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare The Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about The Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is The Hills, NJ a good place to live?
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