With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Mountain Lake works elsewhere
Home is the office for 6% of workers, where New Jersey as a whole has 17%. Employers in Mountain Lake report 31 jobs, against 213 working residents. Hardly any stay in Mountain Lake for work; outside it, Knowlton Township is the main destination (4%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Mountain Lake apart
Mountain Lake quiets down on a workday
On a workday 211 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 390 people are in Mountain Lake on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Where Mountain Lake goes to work
Where Mountain Lake clocks in
4% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
In Mountain Lake, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Lake, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 31. 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 Mountain Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes to work from Mountain Lake
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain Lake workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 395 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Mountain Lake commutes
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 Mountain Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Mountain Lake?
$108,056 (±$20,357) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Lake?
8.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain Lake?
32 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Knowlton Township (4%, 6 mi), Independence Township (3%, 6 mi), Morristown (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mountain Lake without a car?
2% 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 Mountain Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain Lake
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.