Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Few U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Mendham’s
3.5% of residents are in poverty; New Jersey has 9.7%. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. The two grades for Mendham are A+ for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mendham stands out on work
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mendham
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mendham is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #47 of 468 in New Jersey. Household income is its strongest input ($211,944, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mendham could be anywhere from A to A+.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mendham workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,665 commuters (the 33% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many people are in Mendham by day
On a workday 1,893 residents head out to work, 104 work right here, and 1,055 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Mendham on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
6% of working residents work in Morristown
Where Mendham clocks in
6% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Inside Mendham’s 1,159 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mendham, 2013 → 2023: 1,534 → 1,159. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mendham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Mendham to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Mendham is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mendham is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns, #254 of 468 in New Jersey. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 8.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,500 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Mendham households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Mendham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mendham next to U.S. towns of 3,500 to 6,700: 160th of 3,692 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 6 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 158 | Penn Township PA | 6,340 | $136K | 2.1% | 0.4% | 7% | A+ |
| 159 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| 160 | Mendham NJ | 4,985 | $212K | 3.5% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 161 | New Hanover Township NJ | 6,237 | $107K | 2.6% | 5.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 162 | Heeia HI | 5,144 | $176K | 3.3% | 2.4% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,692 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mendham, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Mendham and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mendham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendham | – | A+ | A | 35 min | $211,944 |
| Mendham Township | under 3% | A+ | B+ | 44 min | $250,000+ |
| Brookside | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brookside: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mendham’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mendham: questions
What is the median household income in Mendham?
$211,944 (±$53,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mendham?
3.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mendham?
35 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mendham work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (6%, 7 mi), New York City (5%, 35 mi), Florham Park (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mendham walkable?
Mendham is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mendham without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mendham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mendham
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.