Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Mine Hill Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Measured by household income, Mine Hill Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. There are 644 jobs in Mine Hill Township for 2,194 working residents. The two grades for Mine Hill Township are A for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mine Hill Township stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Mine Hill Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mine Hill Township is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #115 of 468 in New Jersey. The poverty rate holds Mine Hill Township’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mine Hill Township could be anywhere from A− to A+.
5% of working residents work in Morristown
Where Mine Hill Township clocks in
5% 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.
Mine Hill Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,147 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 597 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Mine Hill Township on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
29% of the jobs in Mine Hill Township make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mine Hill Township, 2014 → 2024: 638 → 644. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mine Hill Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Mine Hill Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mine Hill Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,010 commuters (the 15% 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.
Mine Hill Township’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Mine Hill Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mine Hill Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #383 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Mine Hill Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,360 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 3.2% of Mine Hill Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mine Hill Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mine Hill Township places 375th of 4,112 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Mountain Lakes NJ | 4,649 | $250K | 1.3% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Harding Township NJ | 3,949 | $222K | 3.3% | 2.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 373 | Herculaneum MO | 5,402 | $93K | 5.6% | 1.2% | 3% | A |
| 374 | Reno TX | 3,823 | $96K | 6.3% | 1.0% | 1% | A |
| 375 | Mine Hill Township NJ | 4,160 | $120K | 2.2% | 4.8% | 2% | A |
| 376 | East Petersburg PA | 4,702 | $92K | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 377 | Lima WI | 2,920 | $106K | 5.2% | 0.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Mine Hill Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Mine Hill Township and its neighbors: 11% work next door
The biggest share goes to Randolph Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mine Hill Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mine Hill Township | – | A | B | 30 min | $119,583 |
| Wharton | under 3% | B− | A | 32 min | $85,767 |
| Randolph Township | 4% | A | B+ | 30 min | $175,000 |
| Roxbury Township | 3% | A− | B+ | 33 min | $134,519 |
| Kenvil | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Succasunna | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Dover | 4% | B− | A | 26 min | $73,737 |
Same-state neighbors only. Kenvil and Succasunna: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mine Hill Township’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 2024, 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 Mine Hill Township: questions
What is the median household income in Mine Hill Township?
$119,583 (±$16,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mine Hill Township?
2.2%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mine Hill Township?
30 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mine Hill Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (5%, 9 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (5%, 9 mi), Dover (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Mine Hill Township walkable?
Mine Hill Township is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mine Hill Township without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mine Hill Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mine Hill Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.