Mount Ephraim is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 4,700 people and two associated neighborhoods, Mount Ephraim is the 328th largest community in New Jersey.
A relatively large number of people in Mount Ephraim telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 18.60% 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.
Even though Mount Ephraim is a smaller borough, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The education level of Mount Ephraim citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.40% of adults in Mount Ephraim have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Mount Ephraim in 2022 was $42,645, which is low income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,580 for a family of four. However, Mount Ephraim contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Ephraim is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Mount Ephraim home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Ephraim residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mount Ephraim also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.09% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Ephraim include Irish, Italian, German, Polish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Mount Ephraim is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.