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Millburn Real Estate | The Township Where the Team Hangs Its Sign
Millburn is a township with two famous names on one tax map: downtown Millburn, with its shops, its Olmsted-era Taylor Park and the Paper Mill Playhouse on the banks of the Rahway, and the Short Hills section, with its own station, its estate streets and The Mall at Short Hills. Searches for Millburn Short Hills homes for sale cover both; this page covers the Millburn side, and the Short Hills section has a page of its own. On the Millburn side, homes traded at a median of $1,519,662 over the three months ending July 2026, up 14.0 percent year over year per Redfin, ZIP 07041.
The market moves faster here than anywhere else the team covers: an 11-day median market time, a 92nd-percentile Compete Score of 91, homes averaging 107 percent of list price and 76.3 percent of sales closing above asking. A Myrtle Avenue colonial listed at $1,199,000 closed at $1,500,000 in July 2026, 25 percent over asking, and a Sunset Drive three-bedroom ran 13 percent over to $1,182,000 in August. The catch is supply: just 22 homes sold in July, down more than a third from a year earlier, so small monthly counts can swing the median and every well-priced listing draws a crowd.
The ladder on the Millburn side runs from Main Street co-op and condominium units in the $300,000s to $600,000s, through downtown-walkable colonials from about $900,000 to $1.5 million, new-construction townhomes near the station around $1.4 to $1.7 million, and detached streets that climb from there, with 2026 closings at $1,999,999 on Southern Slope Drive, $2,300,000 on Myrtle Avenue and $2,998,000 on Elm Street.
This is the page the Allison Ziefert Real Estate Group writes from home. The Compass team is headquartered at 378-380 Millburn Avenue, in the middle of the downtown described above, bringing 25+ years of combined experience, more than 500 five-star reviews and pricing built on street-level comparable sales to the blocks outside its own front door.
What to Love About Millburn
A Name That Explains the Town
Millburn, incorporated in 1857, takes its name from the Scottish word for the stream that powered its mills, and the thread still shows: the West Branch of the Rahway River runs straight through downtown, and the theater on its banks is called the Paper Mill.
Paper Mill Playhouse
One of the nation's leading regional theaters opens its 88th season in November 2026 with Mary Poppins, followed by Lend Me a Tenor, Million Dollar Quartet and Dear Evan Hansen through June 2027, with the Kirby Carriage House restaurant on the grounds reopened in May 2026 for pre-show dinners.
A Downtown That Keeps Renewing Itself
Millburn Avenue and Main Street carry the shops, Taylor Park and the restaurant row, and the storefronts keep turning over the right way, with a juice bar and an Indian counter among the 2026 arrivals, all a short walk from the Millburn station.
Schools With a One-of-a-Kind Shape
Five neighborhood K-4 elementary schools feed the whole township into Washington School for fifth grade alone, then Millburn Middle and Millburn High School, which carries an A+ from Niche and ranks 16th among New Jersey public high schools for 2026.
The Reservation and Washington's Lookout
The South Mountain Reservation's 2,000-plus Essex County acres rise from the township's northern edge, with Hemlock Falls on its trails and Washington Rock, the Revolutionary War lookout, inside it.
Two Stations, One Township
Millburn and Short Hills each have their own NJ Transit station on the Morris and Essex Line, both with Midtown Direct service, so nearly every address in the township is minutes from a one-seat ride, and The Mall at Short Hills, home to New Jersey's first Eataly since 2024, sits inside the town line.
Every street here prices differently. Ask the team about the one you have in mind.
Ask the teamMillburn Neighborhoods and Property Types | A Buyer's Guide
The Millburn side of the township organizes around its downtown, its ridge and its two borders, which is how buyers comparing homes for sale in Millburn NJ actually shop it.
Downtown Millburn and the Station Blocks
The streets around Millburn Avenue, Main Street and Essex Street put colonials, capes and a growing stock of new townhomes within a walk of the station, Taylor Park and the restaurant row. This year's sales here run from a $975,000 Spring Street sale at 8 percent over asking and $1,150,000 on Meeker Place to new-construction townhomes like Blaine Street at $1,470,000 and a $1,661,000 Ocean Street build, with Main Street co-ops and condominiums from $340,000 to the $600,000s supplying the entry tier. Plan for the $900,000s to about $1.7 million for the houses, and act fast.
The Wyoming Section | The Millburn Side of the Ridge
Along the Maplewood border, Millburn's Wyoming section climbs toward the South Mountain Reservation with prewar colonials and Tudors on deep, tree-covered lots, anchored by Wyoming Elementary School, ranked 4th among New Jersey public elementary schools on Niche for 2026. A Wyoming Avenue five-bedroom traded at about $1.9 million in mid-2026 at 7 percent over asking, and the section generally runs from roughly $1.2 million past $2 million depending on scale and renovation.
South of Downtown | Myrtle, Sunset and the Southern Slope
South and east of the downtown grid, the blocks around Myrtle Avenue, Sunset Drive and Southern Slope Drive carry the Millburn side's core and its upper tier in one stretch: the 25-percent-over Myrtle Avenue sale at $1,500,000, the $1,182,000 Sunset Drive close at 13 percent over, $1,999,999 on Southern Slope Drive, $2,300,000 on Myrtle and Bodwell Terrace, and $2,998,000 on Elm Street. Expect roughly $1.1 million to $3 million here, with renovated and expanded homes setting the top.
Condos, Townhomes and the Short Hills Question
Two notes finish the map. First, the attached tier is real: Main Street co-ops and condominiums from the $300,000s, plus the new townhome construction near the station, give downsizers and first-time buyers a Millburn address without the lawn. Second, the township's Short Hills section, with its own station, its estate streets, the Mall and a distinctly higher price tier in ZIP 07078, is covered in full on its own page, so buyers weighing Millburn Short Hills real estate side by side should read the two together.
Millburn Short Hills Homes for Sale
Homes the Allison Ziefert Real Estate Group has listed and sold in Millburn.
Living in Millburn | Dining, Shopping and Things to Do
Dining
The downtown table starts at the Millburn Delicatessen, the counter whose sloppy joes have fed the township for generations, and runs through a deep Italian bench: Basilico, founded by Mario De Marco and a perennial reservation, La Pergola, the family-run Northern Italian with its garden dining since 2010, plus Cara Mia and La Strada. Saigon Cafe covers Vietnamese, MoonShine Modern Supper Club holds the cocktail-and-dinner slot on Main Street, and the Kirby Carriage House on the Paper Mill grounds reopened in May 2026 for pre-show dinners.
The block keeps adding: Peel'd Juice Bar at 346 Millburn Avenue and Dilli Dilli at 27 Main Street both opened in 2026.
Shopping
Downtown Millburn handles the daily list along Millburn Avenue, Main Street and Essex Street, from boutiques and services to the grocery run. For everything else, the township holds the region's marquee retail inside its own line: The Mall at Short Hills, in the Short Hills section, where Eataly opened its first New Jersey location in 2024, is minutes from every Millburn address.
Outdoor Recreation and Things to Do
Taylor Park anchors the downtown with its pond, lawns and playgrounds along the Rahway, and the South Mountain Reservation opens more than 2,000 Essex County acres from the township's northern edge, with trails to Hemlock Falls and Washington Rock, the lookout the Continental Army used, inside it. Gero Park adds the municipal pool and a par-three course on the town's own ledger.
The cultural calendar is the headline: Paper Mill Playhouse's 88th season runs Mary Poppins from November 2026 into January, then Lend Me a Tenor, Million Dollar Quartet and Dear Evan Hansen through June 2027, playing to the 800-seat orchestra while the theater finishes its front-of-house rebuild, and downtown's fall lineup includes Rocktoberfest along the avenue.
Millburn Schools
Millburn Township Public Schools serves the entire township, Short Hills section included, through a structure that exists almost nowhere else: five neighborhood K-4 elementary schools, Deerfield, Glenwood, Hartshorn, South Mountain and Wyoming, assign by address, then the whole township converges on Washington School for fifth grade alone, before Millburn Middle School for grades 6 to 8 and Millburn High School.
How they rate. Millburn High School carries an A+ from Niche and ranks 16th among New Jersey public high schools for 2026, 147th in the nation for college prep among nearly 17,000 schools, with 1,393 students at an 11-to-1 ratio; New Jersey Monthly ranked it the state's number one public high school in 2010, and it has sat near the top of the state lists since. The grade-five Washington School carries an A+ and ranks 31st among New Jersey public elementary schools, Millburn Middle School grades A+, and the K-4 schools run from strong to extraordinary, led by Wyoming Elementary at 4th among all New Jersey public elementary schools on Niche, with Deerfield, South Mountain and Wyoming each rating 10 out of 10 on GreatSchools. Treat every rating as a dated third-party measure.
Beyond the district. Independent options ring the township in Short Hills, Summit and the Oranges, and Millburn's placement a short drive from them, plus the district's own standing, is a large part of why the township commands the prices it does.
Millburn on the Map
- Within
- Essex County
- ZIP code
- 07041
Landmarks on the map
- Gero Park
- The Mall at Short Hills
- Millburn High School
- Paper Mill Playhouse
- South Mountain Reservation and Hemlock Falls
- Taylor Park
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Team
Allison Ziefert Real Estate Group at Compass. Co-principals Allison Ziefert (NJ License 0999509) and Sarah "Ginge" Calhoun (NJ License 1650080)
Office
378-380 Millburn Ave., 2nd Floor, Millburn, NJ 07041
Hours
Weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Weekends by appointment.