Where does Bruce Springsteen live? The legendary singer-songwriter—and subject of the recently released biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere—is now a billionaire, according to calculations by Forbes. While that might be hard to reconcile with the musician’s working-class anthems, he still primarily resides quite close to his New Jersey hometown. Read on to learn more about the “Born in the U.S.A.” singer’s real estate journey.
The Born to Run house
An aerial view of Long Branch Beach.
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In 1974 to ‘75, Springsteen rented the house at 7½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey. The 1920-built cottage, which had two bedrooms and one bath, was where he wrote his third album, Born to Run—the work that would launch his career to national renown. Spanning 828 square feet, the diminutive house stands a block and a half from Long Branch Beach. According to biographer Mereidith Ochs, it was the New Jersey native’s first time living on his own. But with a painful ambition to make the album perfect, Springsteen didn’t exactly enjoy his seaside locale. “It was the most horrible period in my life,” he said, per The Bruce Springsteen Vault. “I was born, grew old, and died making that album.”
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Holmdel home
Springsteen photographed in Holmdel in 1979.
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Next, The Boss moved into a home in Holmdel, New Jersey. One appeal, according to The Bruce Springsteen Vault, was its seclusion: Springsteen and the E Street Band held daily band practice on the premises and didn’t have to worry about making too much noise. The 6,000-square-foot farmhouse dated to the 19th century and had six bedrooms, two of which were used as offices for the musician’s managers. Springsteen reportedly paid $700 a month to rent the place for five years starting in 1976, during his Darkness on the Edge of Town and The River eras. The home sat on a 160-acre property: a former cavalry outpost turned horse farm. A barn served as a rehearsal space for Springsteen and his band, while a converted horse wash stood in for a swimming pool.
Colts Neck rental
Springsteen with actor Jeremy Allen White, who plays him in the new film Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.
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After wrapping up The River Tour in September 1981, Springsteen moved into a rented farmhouse on a reservoir in Colts Neck, New Jersey. “I didn’t go out much,” he said of that period, per Ochs. “And for some reason I just started to write.” Within weeks, he had written the songs that would make up his 1982 acoustic album Nebraska. In January 1982, he hunkered down in one of the home’s bedrooms and began recording what was initially meant as a demo (but ended up being the album’s final recording). This period is the focus of the biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere, and the pad was recreated inside another New Jersey house for filming. In 2023, Springsteen revisited the original home, which still had the same orange shag carpet as it did during his tenancy—a feature that he said ended up helping the room’s acoustics: “Not only was it beautiful to look at, it came in handy!”
Hollywood Hills residence
As seen in Deliver Me From Nowhere, Springsteen bought a small house in the Hollywood Hills for a fresh start after pouring his soul into making Nebraska. According to fan lore, the garage was converted into a recording studio. The musician seems to allude to the dwelling in his 1992 song, “57 Channels (And Nothin’ On),” which opens with the tongue-in-cheek lines, “I bought a bourgeois house in the Hollywood Hills / With a truckload of hundred thousand dollar bills.” Records indicate that he paid $515,000 for the property in 1982 and offloaded it in 2003 for $1.1 million. The listing description for the roughly 2,000-square-foot home advertises its starry past; in 2023, it asked $13,500 a month in rent.
Rumson mansion
In November 1983, Springsteen bought a 6,000-square-foot home in Rumson, New Jersey, where he built a home studio. Set on 7.4 acres, the 1917-built dwelling was covered in vines and surrounded by manicured lawns, mature trees, and a garden, per Mansion Global. “The house was a rambling old Georgian-style ‘mansion’ on the corner of Bellevue Avenue and Ridge Road,” the musician wrote in his autobiography, according to Asbury Park Press. “I went through my usual buyer’s remorse, but I held out, promising myself I’d fill the big old house with what I’d been searching for: family and a life.” At some point down the line, Springsteen picked up an adjacent five-acre property, which he sold to NBA player Randy Foye in 2016 for $1.7 million. The following year, the “I’m On Fire” singer sold the remaining home for $3.2 million.
Beverly Hills estate
Springsteen his wife Patti Scialfa.Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images
The year before their 1991 wedding, Springsteen and E Street Band member Patty Scialfa welcomed their first of three children and picked up a $14 million Beverly Hills estate. The 4.5-acre property reportedly held a 1920s Mediterranean-style mansion spanning 10,000 square feet and a 7,500-square-foot English-style abode. Both homes had four bedrooms. The “Dancing in the Dark” musician reportedly looked to offload the homes in an off-market deal in 2015, but it’s unclear if he ever did—as of 2017, he reportedly still owned the manse.
Colts Neck horse ranch
Springsteen at his Colts Neck, New Jersey, home in 2019.
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Since the mid-1990s, Springsteen’s primary residence has been a sprawling horse ranch in Colts Neck, New Jersey, not far from his hometown of Freehold. According to a 2024 feature in The Times, the property is dotted with poplar trees, barns, and stables; there is an attached recording studio and a garage filled with Springsteen’s vintage car collection. “It’s certainly not Los Angeles,” he told the outlet. “I feel safe here. This is where my people are, where the folks I wrote about are. I was never a worldly young man …. I was not comfortable in Los Angeles for the time I lived there [on and off for about a decade from 1982]. I was not comfortable in New York,” he added. “And when Patti and I had children, we were not comfortable about them growing up in Los Angeles. I grew up on a block that had six houses with my relatives in them, so we came back here. The kids had aunts and uncles nearby and it was a good payoff for not being where the industry is: normal life. You know, it’s funny. You grow up in a place that you weren’t so sure about for a variety of reasons. Then, whether for nostalgia or the feeling that you’re on solid ground, you find yourself returning. Now I love my home town.”
Wellington, Florida
In 2008, The Boss added a house in Wellington, Florida, to his real estate portfolio. He reportedly paid $3.95 million for the five-bedroom house, located in the Equestrian Club Estates community. A few months later, he picked up a neighboring four-bedroom property for $4.6 million. Records show that Springsteen sold the first dwelling in 2010 at a loss for $2.95 million, while he still maintains the second abode.
