Photo: TheoneSueVanderschans · CC BY-SA 3.0Work and commuting in Mount Hope
Only 2% work in Mount Hope itself; outside it, New York City draws the most (6%, 37 miles). Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers; New Jersey has 17%. The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, next to 31 for New Jersey and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Mount Hope, in brief
Fewer jobs are based in Mount Hope than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Mount Hope fell from 1,562 in 2013 to 882 in 2023, −44%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Mount Hope
26% of Mount Hope workers work from home, against 17% across New Jersey. 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.
The kinds of work in Mount Hope
882 jobs are based in Mount Hope.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Hope, 2013 → 2023: 1,562 → 882. 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 Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, quicker than most of New Jersey
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Hope workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 928 commuters (the 26% 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 leaves Mount Hope for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,258 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 858 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Mount Hope on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Out of Mount Hope to work: where people go
Where Mount Hope clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
The commute from Mount Hope, by distance
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.
Mount Hope and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Hope workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hope | – | — | — | 27 min | $86,607 |
| White Meadow Lake | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Wharton | under 2% | B− | A | 32 min | $85,767 |
| Hibernia | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. White Meadow Lake and Hibernia: 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 Hope’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 Hope: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Hope?
$86,607 (±$16,689) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Hope?
6.1%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Hope?
27 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Hope work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (6%, 37 mi), Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (6%, 8 mi), Rockaway Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Hope without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Hope, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Hope
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.