The HillsNJ
The town has 10,785 residents and lies in New Jersey.
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
The data
Ordered by what stands out in The Hills.
With only 0.7 jobs per working resident, most people in The Hills work out of town
The top destinations are New York (7%), Bernards Township (7%) and Bridgewater Township (5%). Only 2% of working residents stay in The Hills for work; the rest commute out. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 1,282, to 4,027. The average commute for The Hills comes to 37 minutes.
| 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
The climate in The Hills brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect chilly winters and warm summers in The Hills, with plenty of rain. Summer afternoons peak near 86° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 21 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conservation land takes up 13.7% of The Hills
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 4.9 miles.
| 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
The Hills has had one paid flood insurance claim since 2024. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 73% come from inland flooding.
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
A tenth of The Hills adults say their health is fair or poor. Two figures for adults locally: 14% have been diagnosed with depression, 8.8% report frequent physical distress.
| 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 $555K at the median
The Hills’ midpoint rent is $2,376 a month. On the market locally: a median 22 days to sell. Among households locally, 83% live in a home they own.
| 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
Madison Square Garden and 497 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 City parkCentral 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 draw34 mi BeachConey IslandPhoto 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 · Coney Island: OptimumPx, Public domain
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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.
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…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- 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 →
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