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A town of 29,503, settled in 1871.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mount Olive Township grades A overall, ranked 87th of 466 in New Jersey. It has 82 miles of trail and 30% conserved land. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 95% of the country and it reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $487K, 4.9 years of the New York metro’s $99K median household income. 30% of the land in Mount Olive Township is conserved, above both the New Jersey town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Allamuchy Mountain State Park, at 2,412 acres with 29.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Among 468 New Jersey towns, just 6 have a lower July high than Mount Olive Township.
Where Mount Olive Township beats most towns.
29.9% of the town is conserved land, across 8 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New Jersey), ordered by how far Mount Olive Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,982 in 1880, a low of 1,008 in 1920, 28,886 in 2020. The archive holds 13 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 7 maps from 1888 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Olive Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw40 mi MuseumNational September 11 Memorial & Museum
Big draw39 mi GardenHigh Line5.0M visitors a year
Big draw39 mi MuseumUSS Intrepid
4 mi LakeLake MusconetcongMadison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Paul Sableman, CC BY 2.0 · High Line: Wil Fyfordy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Intrepid: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Olive Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Mount Olive Township.
Mount Olive Township is one of New Jersey’s best towns for the outdoors and sees little violent crime.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #5 of 468 in New Jersey.
82 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. At 2.6 miles per square mile, Mount Olive Township’s trail density is above both New Jersey’s towns (0.7) and U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Allamuchy Mountain State Park | 29.1 mi | 2,412 |
| 2. Turkey Brook Park | 5 mi | 370 |
| 3. Stephens State Park | 4.3 mi | 325 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Mount Olive Township School District. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Mount Olive High School, with 1,520 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,137 | B+ |
| Mount Olive High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,520 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NJ on state tests and graduation
25% of adults have obesity in Mount Olive Township. Mount Olive Township beats the New Jersey average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 19% of adults binge drink in Mount Olive Township.
| Mount Olive Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 28% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 9.7% | 12% |
| What stands out | Mount Olive Township | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 14.3% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.5% | 9.6% |
| More binge drinkers | 18.5% | 15.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 10 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Mount Olive Township is 3.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Mount Olive Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.9 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Mount Olive Township for work: only 10% work in town. Mount Olive Township’s average trip to work is 32 minutes. Since 2013, Mount Olive Township has lost 823 jobs, to 10,369 in 2023.
| Mount Olive Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $117,000 | $113,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 17% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 53 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mount Olive Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mount Olive Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 19° and about 30 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (40% statewide); people 65 and older are 13% of residents (17% statewide). 49% of Mount Olive Township adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Mount Olive Township has grown 2.1% since 2020, to 29,503 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Mount Olive Township | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 49% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 21% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.8 years | 42 years | 40.5 years |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.6 points. Across New Jersey, 50.8% of residents are women. Median age: women 40.1, men 39.6.
| Mount Olive Township | NJ | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.5% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.9% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 8.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.8% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.2% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.1% | 12.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.9% | 13.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.1% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.9% | 9.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.8% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.7% | 15% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.8% | 6.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 31.6% | 26.1% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.3% | 17.6% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
5 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Olive Township
About 6 of every 100 Mount Olive Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New Jersey.
Where Mount Olive Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Mount Olive Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Morris County, New Jersey, US
Mount Olive Township is a township in western Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 28,886, its highest decennial census count ever and an increase of 769 (+2.7%) from the 2010 census count of 28,117, which in turn reflected an increase of 3,924 (+16.2%) from the 24,193 counted in the 2000 census. The Township of Mount Olive was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 22, 1871, from portions of Roxbury Township. Netcong was formed from portions of the township on October 23, 1894. The township was named for Benjamin Olive, a colonial-era Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey who donated land for the sit…
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10 towns share a border with Mount Olive Township.
| Town | NJ rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive Township | #87 | A | C− | A | B+ | A |
| Byram Township | #221 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Hackettstown | #224 | B | D | A | B− | A− |
| Allamuchy Township | #350 | C | D | — | C | A |
| Washington Township | #75 | A | D | A | A− | A+ |
| Stanhope | #124 | A | C− | A | B− | A |
| Byram Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Netcong | #183 | B+ | C− | A− | B− | A |
Byram Township and Allamuchy Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Byram Center isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mount Olive Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Mount Olive Township grades A overall, better than 90% of U.S. towns and #87 of 466 in New Jersey. It grades A for health, A for safety and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
2 notable people were born here, including Daniel Elmer Salmon and Joshua S. Salmon.
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