Most Expensive Towns and Villages (Top 100) (Rumson, Spring Lake: for sale, condo, houses)

[stanfordmba2012]

A number of NJ towns and villages made the top 100 in the U.S. for the most expensive towns and villages based on median closed transaction price (including single family home, condo and co-op).

Top 100 Most Expensive Towns and Villages in the U.S.
https://www.realtyhop.com/blog/the-m...lages-in-2022/

[camaro69]

Originally Posted by stanfordmba2012

A number of NJ towns and villages made the top 100 in the U.S. for the most expensive towns and villages based on median closed transaction price (including single family home, condo and co-op).

Top 100 Most Expensive Towns and Villages in the U.S.
https://www.realtyhop.com/blog/the-m...lages-in-2022/

Bad link.

[stanfordmba2012]

This link below should work.

Top 100 Most Expensive Towns and Villages in the United States

https://www.realtyhop.com/blog/the-m...lages-in-2022/

[Mightyqueen801]

Three. Short Hills, Saddle River, and Spring Lake, which was a bit of a surprise. More than Alpine? The first two seem pretty obvious, though.

[stanfordmba2012]

I believe Alpine was excluded due to size. The study only considers towns that have at least 2,500 people.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by stanfordmba2012

I believe Alpine was excluded due to size. The study only considers towns that have at least 2,500 people.

Ah, that explains it.

[mike0421]

Wow, California cleaned up. Of the top 100, 61 localities are in California.

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by mike0421

Wow, California cleaned up. Of the top 100, 61 localities are in California.

All that tech and Hollywood/entertainment with a smattering of sports money..

Just take Atherton, CA for a start.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherton,_California

Ditto for Hillsborough, CA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough,_California

Patty Hearst and Jimmy Kimmel live in Hillsborough.


Montecito, CA is where Prince Harry and his family live. Oprah. John Travolta, Ellen DeGeneres, Tom Cruise, Katy Perry, along with a pretty long list of others as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montecito,_California

[G1..]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Three. Short Hills, Saddle River, and Spring Lake, which was a bit of a surprise. More than Alpine? The first two seem pretty obvious, though.

Not Rumson??? It's flawed.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by G1..

Not Rumson??? It's flawed.

I am not sure Rumson is on the same tier as Saddle River. I have lived near both.

ETA: I did a quick lookup on Realtor.com, and while most of the homes for sale in both towns seem to be around $2 million, Saddle River has more properties for sale in the >$5 million range. It's just a more "exclusive" feel in SR, too. Huge houses not always visible from the road because they are on large wooded lots.

Rumson feels like rich people live there. Saddle River feels like REALLY rich people live there.