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Jobs & commute in Mount Hermon

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Mount Hermon works elsewhere

Hardly any work in Mount Hermon itself; outside it, Hackettstown draws the most (6%, 10 miles). There are 9 jobs in Mount Hermon; 78 of its residents have a job. A typical one-way commute lasts 33 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

9 jobs based here
Household income
$55K
median · New Jersey $104K
Poverty
15.9%
New Jersey 9.7%
Unemployment
0.0%
New Jersey 6.3% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
33 min
New Jersey 31 · U.S. 26
Work in town
0%
0 of 78 working residents
Work from home
16%
New Jersey 17% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

A workday in Mount Hermon: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.

78live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday140
210live here− 78head out to work+ 9come in to work= 140on a workday

About 140 people are in Mount Hermon on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.12jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Mount Hermon: the destinations

Morristown: 2 residents work here (3%)North PlainfieldHackettstown: 5 residents work here (6%)EnglewoodPlainfieldJersey CityHardwick TownshipFrelinghuysen Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Allamuchy Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Raritan Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Mount Olive Township: 2 residents work here (3%)Washington Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Knowlton TownshipBlairstown Township: 3 residents work here (4%)Mansfield Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Wantage TownshipHope Township: 4 residents work here (5%)Middle Smithfield TownshipParadise TownshipMount HermonHackettstownMansfield TownshipHope TownshipAllamuchy TownshipWashington TownshipBlairstown TownshipMount Hermon
1
Hackettstown9.9 mi away
6%5
2
Mansfield Township8.8 mi away
5%4
3
Hope Township1.2 mi away
5%4
4
Allamuchy Township8.6 mi away
4%3
5
Washington Township13.2 mi away
4%3
6
Blairstown Township4.3 mi away
4%3
7
Morristown28.3 mi away
3%2
8
Frelinghuysen Township5.9 mi away
3%2
9
Raritan Township26.2 mi away
3%2
10
Mount Olive Township13.7 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
62%48
The top trips

Where Mount Hermon clocks in

6% of workers
9.9 mi awayHackettstown5 Mount Hermon residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
8.8 mi awayMansfield Township4 Mount Hermon residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
1.2 mi awayHope Township4 Mount Hermon residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

The jobs

Mount Hermon works in goods: 89% of its jobs

Jobs based in Mount HermonJobs Mount Hermon residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms89%18%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices11%65%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%22%
Over $3,333 a month56%67%

Who does it

29 or younger0%23%
30 to 5467%47%
55 and older33%29%
−68%

Jobs based in Mount Hermon, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 9. 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 Hermon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Mount Hermon: about 33 minutes

A year of commuting
250 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mount Hermon33 min
New Jersey31 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
16%

of Mount Hermon workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Mount Hermon gets to work
96%Drive alone
4%Carpool

Share of the 49 commuters (the 16% 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 far

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mount Hermon

10 mi25 mi35 miHackettstown: 6% · 9.9 miMansfield Township: 5% · 8.8 miHope Township: 5% · 1.2 miAllamuchy Township: 4% · 8.6 miWashington Township: 4% · 13.2 miBlairstown Township: 4% · 4.3 miMorristown: 3% · 28.3 miFrelinghuysen Township: 3% · 5.9 miRaritan Township: 3% · 26.2 miMount Olive Township: 3% · 13.7 miHackettstown 6%Mansfield Township 5%Hope Township 5%Allamuchy Township 4%Washington Township 4%Mount Hermon
Mount HermonTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi18 residents
27%10–24 mi21 residents
33%25–50 mi26 residents
17%Over 50 mi13 residents

About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mount Hermon: questions

What is the median household income in Mount Hermon?

$55,417 (±$28,681) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Mount Hermon?

15.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Mount Hermon?

33 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Mount Hermon work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hackettstown (6%, 10 mi), Mansfield Township (5%, 9 mi), Hope Township (5%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Mount Hermon without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Mount Hermon, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Mount Hermon

Mount Hermon home →
33min commute
HandbookGetting around Mount HermonRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in NJShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.