Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Mount Arlington top those of 70% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 4.9% of residents, against 9.7% across New Jersey. Jobs and income earn Mount Arlington A; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 3% work in Mount Arlington itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (5%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Mount Arlington apart
No single place dominates Mount Arlington’s commute
The biggest draw, New York City, NY, gets only 5% of working residents, and 67% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Mount Arlington residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Mount Arlington is services
89% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Mount Arlington workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Mount Arlington: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Arlington is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #160 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Arlington could be anywhere from B to A+.
Where Mount Arlington goes to work
Where Mount Arlington 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.
Mount Arlington is a services town
1,652 jobs are based in Mount Arlington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Arlington, 2013 → 2023: 1,522 → 1,652. 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 Mount Arlington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 37 minutes to work from Mount Arlington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Arlington workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,570 commuters (the 21% 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.
Who works in Mount Arlington, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,697 residents head out to work, 93 work right here, and 1,559 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Mount Arlington on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
Miles to work from Mount Arlington
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.
Few in Mount Arlington walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Arlington is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #367 of 468 in New Jersey. Both inputs place Mount Arlington 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 3,259 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 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 2.9% of Mount Arlington households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Mount Arlington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100, Mount Arlington ranks 500th of 3,394 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 4 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 10 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 498 | Blendon Township MI | 7,629 | $95K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 7% | A |
| 499 | Midland Park NJ | 7,039 | $147K | 2.8% | 7.2% | 7% | A |
| 500 | Mount Arlington NJ | 5,985 | $92K | 4.9% | 3.2% | 3% | A |
| 501 | Kingston NH | 6,288 | $105K | 2.1% | 3.4% | 7% | A |
| 502 | Troy WI | 5,686 | $161K | 3.6% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Mount Arlington, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Mount Arlington: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Roxbury Township (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Arlington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Arlington | – | A | B+ | 37 min | $92,264 |
| Roxbury Township | 4% | A− | B+ | 33 min | $134,519 |
| Landing | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Hopatcong | under 3% | A | B− | 37 min | $115,758 |
| Ledgewood | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lake Hopatcong | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | A | B+ | 37 min | $119,836 |
Same-state neighbors only. Landing, Ledgewood and Lake Hopatcong: 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 Mount Arlington’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 Mount Arlington: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Arlington?
$92,264 (±$19,342) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Arlington?
4.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Arlington?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Arlington work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (5%, 41 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (5%, 12 mi), Roxbury Township (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Arlington walkable?
Mount Arlington is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Arlington 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 Mount Arlington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Arlington
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.