Mount Arlington is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 5,979 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Arlington is the 285th largest community in New Jersey.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 21.14% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The overall crime rate in Mount Arlington is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
One downside of living in Mount Arlington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mount Arlington, the average commute to work is 35.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Mount Arlington. 50.88% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.
The per capita income in Mount Arlington in 2022 was $54,256, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $217,024 for a family of four. However, Mount Arlington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Arlington is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Mount Arlington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Arlington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mount Arlington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.44% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Arlington include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
Mount Arlington also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.10%.
The most common language spoken in Mount Arlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.