Mount Arlington is a somewhat small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 5,908 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Arlington is the 285th largest community in New Jersey.
Of important note, Mount Arlington is also a borough of artists. Mount Arlington has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mount Arlington’s character.
Also of interest is that Mount Arlington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Mount Arlington telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.30% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
In Mount Arlington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.76 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The education level of Mount Arlington ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Mount Arlington, 40.65% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Mount Arlington in 2022 was $49,096, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $196,384 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 15.81% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Arlington include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Mount Arlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.