Springfield, NJ | Baltusrol and the Battleground
A Revolutionary Battleground, Championship Fairways and a $722K Median on the Border of Millburn, Short Hills and Summit
Springfield Real Estate | The Approachable Corner of a Famous Map
Buyers searching homes for sale in Springfield NJ met a median sale price of $721,688 over the three months ending August 2026, up 4.0 percent year over year per Redfin ZIP 07081 data, with a typical sale closing in 21 days at 104.0 percent of list price and 73.5 percent of homes selling above asking. Redfin scores the market 91 of 100, in its most competitive band, where typical homes go about 4 percent over list in around 22 days and the hottest about 7 percent over in 10.
Those numbers describe a Union County township of approximately 17,178 residents on roughly 5.2 square miles that competes hard without the price tags of the towns it touches. Springfield borders Millburn and Short Hills across the Essex County line and Summit to the west, and its median runs at a fraction of theirs: Short Hills posted a $2,548,897 median in the same Redfin window. The ladder inside Springfield is just as wide, from a Troy Village garden-apartment unit at $295,000 and a Battle Hill Avenue three-bedroom at $480,000 to a six-bedroom near Baltusrol that closed at its full $1,650,000 list in August 2026.
The township carries more history per block than almost any town on this site. The Battle of Springfield was fought here on June 23, 1780, the last major British invasion of New Jersey, and the retreating army burned nearly everything, leaving four houses standing; one of them, the Cannon Ball House at 126 Morris Avenue, still holds the cannonball that struck it. On the northern hill, Baltusrol Golf Club has hosted major championships since the early twentieth century and holds National Historic Landmark status. The practical trade is simple: Springfield has no train station of its own, exchanging rail at the corner for Interstate 78 access, NJ Transit bus corridors and prices well below the station towns, with the Midtown Direct platforms in Millburn, Short Hills and Summit minutes away by car.
The Allison Ziefert Real Estate Group, a Compass team serving Springfield from its Millburn office one town up the road, brings 25+ years of combined experience, more than 500 five-star reviews and street-by-street market knowledge on both sides of the county line. Reach the team at (917) 751-0448 or hello@njfromatoz.com.
What to Love About Springfield
The Battleground in the Middle of Town
On June 23, 1780, British and Hessian forces marched on Springfield aiming for Washington's army at Morristown; the defense held at the Rahway River crossings and the invasion turned back, the last major British push into New Jersey. The cost was the town itself, burned in the retreat with only four houses left standing. By tradition, when American musket wadding ran low, pages of Watts hymnals from the village church were handed to the troops, and street names like Battle Hill Avenue keep the date in daily use.
The Cannon Ball House
Built around 1741 and used as a field hospital during the battle, which likely spared it from the torch, the Cannon Ball House at 126 Morris Avenue still displays the cannonball that struck it, along with battle relics and period household exhibits. It is listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places and operates as the Springfield Historical Society's museum, and Union County's heritage program records its first documented owner as Dr. Jonathan Dayton, uncle of the Constitution signer the high school is named for.
Baltusrol
Founded in 1895 on the township's northern hill, Baltusrol Golf Club carries 36 holes across the Lower and Upper courses, both redesigned by A.W. Tillinghast in 1922, and a championship resume that includes seven U.S. Opens, the PGA Championship in 2005 and 2016 and the KPMG Women's PGA Championship in 2023, with the PGA Championship scheduled to return in 2029. The club was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2014.
The Price Math Next Door
Springfield's $721,688 August 2026 median sits directly beside some of New Jersey's most expensive borders, with Short Hills at $2,548,897 in the same window. Buyers keep the same reservations, the same ten-minute run to The Mall at Short Hills and a similar commute geography for a fraction of the neighboring figure, with a full ladder of entry points no station town on this map can match.
Morris Avenue and the Route 22 Backbone
Morris Avenue works as the main street, with independents running from white-tablecloth Italian to a West African grill, a local coffee roaster and a Wonder food hall, while Route 22 crosses the south side and keeps big-box errands inside the township line. The municipal community pool, Meisel Avenue Park and two county reservations on the borders round out the everyday circuit.
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Ask the teamSpringfield Sub-Areas and Price Ranges | A Buyer's Guide
Buyers comparing Springfield NJ homes for sale generally shop the township in four bands, from the hill around the golf club to the garden apartments that give this market its rare entry tier.
Baltusrol | Homes Near Baltusrol Golf Club
The Baltusrol section covers the township's northern hill around the club, where Baltusrol Avenue, Baltusrol Way, Woodside Road, Country Club Lane and Shunpike Road carry Springfield's largest homes. This is where searches for homes near Baltusrol Golf Club land, and the 2026 tape shows both speeds of the market: a three-bedroom at 179 Baltusrol Avenue listed at $599,000 and closed at $715,000 in August, 19 percent over asking in 67 days, while a six-bedroom at 18 Woodside Road closed at its full $1,650,000 list the same week after a patient 132 days. Active October 2026 inventory included a four-bedroom on Country Club Lane asking $899,000. Expect roughly $700,000 to $1.7 million depending on size and street.
Town Center | The Morris Avenue Blocks
The blocks around Morris Avenue hold the walkable core: the Cannon Ball House, the rebuilt First Presbyterian Church at 210 Morris Avenue, the restaurant row and the postwar colonials, capes and split levels that make up most of the housing stock. Recent closings tell the competitive story: a three-bedroom at 4 Prospect Place went from a $639,000 list to $700,000 in September 2026, 10 percent over in 41 days; 106 Salter Street closed 11 percent over at $695,000; and a three-bedroom on Battle Hill Avenue closed at $480,000, 7 percent over, marking the entry point for a detached house. A four-bedroom at 8 Norwood Road closed at $925,000 near the top of the band. Expect roughly $480,000 to $950,000.
Troy Village | The Garden-Apartment Tier
Troy Village, the garden-apartment community along Troy Drive, gives Springfield something rare on this side of the map: an ownership door under $300,000. A one-bedroom unit at 66C Troy Drive closed at $295,000 in September 2026, and comparable units on Troy Drive and Wilson Road regularly list in the high $200,000s to the mid $300,000s. For buyers priced out of the condominium markets in the neighboring station towns, this tier is one of the lowest-cost entries anywhere on this team's coverage map to the same reservations, the same mall run and the same highway access.
The South Side | Meisel Avenue to Route 22
South of the center, streets off Meisel Avenue, Mountain Avenue and South Springfield Avenue run toward Route 22 and the Union Township line, and the housing here is the township's best detached-house value: a four-bedroom at 74 Meisel Avenue listed at $600,000 and closed at $635,000 in September 2026, 6 percent over asking in 53 days. Meisel Avenue Park anchors the green space on this side, and the Route 22 retail corridor handles errands without leaving town. Expect roughly $500,000 to $750,000.
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Living in Springfield | Dining, Shopping and Outdoors
Dining
Morris Avenue carries the independents. Sofia's Fine Italian Cuisine is the long-running white-tablecloth anchor, La Braise African Grill brings West African barbecue to the row, Antonio Mozzarella Factory pairs a specialty Italian market with fresh-pulled mozzarella on Springfield Avenue, Halo Roasters covers the coffee, and Wonder, the multi-restaurant food hall concept, operates at 219 Morris Avenue. Millburn's restaurant row and downtown Summit both sit under ten minutes away for a deeper bench.
Shopping
Daily errands split between the Morris Avenue storefronts and the Route 22 corridor, one of New Jersey's classic retail highways, which keeps groceries, home improvement and big-box stops inside the township line. The Mall at Short Hills, including Eataly, which opened there in November 2024, is roughly ten minutes north across the Millburn border.
Parks and Outdoors
Springfield effectively lives between two county reservations: the Watchung Reservation, Union County's largest park, begins minutes to the southwest with its trail network and the Trailside Nature and Science Center, and South Mountain Reservation rises just across the Millburn line to the north. Inside the township, Meisel Avenue Park covers the south side, the Rahway River threads the center along the same crossings the battle was fought over, the municipal Springfield Community Pool runs in season, and Briant Park, the Union County park with a pond loop on the Summit border, rounds out the circuit.
Springfield Schools | One Path Through Town
Springfield Public Schools runs a grade-banded structure that keeps every child in town on the same path. All students begin together at the Edward V. Walton Early Childhood Center for prekindergarten through grade 2, then attend one of two grade 3 to 5 elementary schools, James Caldwell or Thelma L. Sandmeier, before recombining at Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School for grades 6 to 8 and Jonathan Dayton High School for grades 9 to 12. Per federal enrollment data for the 2022-23 school year, Walton enrolled 551 students, Caldwell 292, Sandmeier 245 and Gaudineer 518.
The school names are the town's history lesson: the high school honors Jonathan Dayton, a New Jersey signer of the United States Constitution whose family's farmhouse is the Cannon Ball House, and Caldwell honors Rev. James Caldwell, the Revolutionary chaplain tied by tradition to the battle's hymnal story. As displayed on GreatSchools in October 2026, James Caldwell Elementary rated 8 of 10 and Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary rated 5 of 10. Families should confirm current enrollment, placement and program details directly with the district, since offerings can change.
Springfield on the Map
- Within
- Union County
- ZIP code
- 07081
Landmarks on the map
- Baltusrol Golf Club (201 Shunpike Rd)
- Cannon Ball House (126 Morris Ave)
- Edward V. Walton Early Childhood Center
- First Presbyterian Church of Springfield (210 Morris Ave)
- Florence M. Gaudineer Middle School
- James Caldwell Elementary School
- Jonathan Dayton High School
- Meisel Avenue Park
- Thelma L. Sandmeier Elementary School
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Allison Ziefert Real Estate Group at Compass. Co-principals Allison Ziefert (NJ License 0999509) and Sarah "Ginge" Calhoun (NJ License 1650080)
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378-380 Millburn Ave., 2nd Floor, Millburn, NJ 07041
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