With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Mount Tabor works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Mount Tabor for work; outside it, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township is the main destination (12%, 3 miles). Employers in Mount Tabor report 101 jobs for 649 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes; New Jersey averages 31, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mount Tabor and work: the main findings
Mount Tabor is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Mount Tabor, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mount Tabor has about 640 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Mount Tabor are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey 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; with 649 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Mount Tabor
On a workday 648 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Mount Tabor on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Mount Tabor: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Tabor workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 429 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.
Commuting out of Mount Tabor: the destinations
Where Mount Tabor clocks in
12% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Tabor, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 101. 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 Tabor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Mount Tabor
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.
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 Tabor: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Tabor?
$115,199 (±$20,626) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Tabor?
0.0%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Tabor?
23 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 Mount Tabor work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Parsippany-Troy Hills Township (12%, 3 mi), Morristown (4%, 5 mi), New York City (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Tabor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Tabor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Tabor
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.