Mendham, New Jersey.
. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,729 (+134%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New Jersey$3,019
- United States$1,922
Living in Mendham, Morris County, New Jersey
Mendham is a borough of 4,981 people in Morris County. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in Morris County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Mendham is a small borough where nearly everyone owns the home they live in, and the population skews older than in many towns. Poverty is rare, and incomes in Morris County, where the town sits, run well above what most of the country sees. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers turn warm by July. Rain and melted snow fall steadily through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in professional and business services, in schools, hospitals and social care, in banks, insurance and property, and in manufacturing. Adults here are very likely to hold a four-year degree, and a good number of people work from home. Commutes run fairly long for those who travel to a job, and across Morris County some of the largest workplaces are Morristown Medical Center, Novartis Pharmaceutical US Headquarters and Skanska USA Building.
Things to do. Close by, the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area a short drive away, and Willowwood Arboretum is a botanical garden, also a short drive away. Drew University, likewise a short drive off, is listed for its botanical garden. For a longer outing, the Statue of Liberty is a well-known tourist attraction a longer drive away.
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- 1,802households
- 81%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 34 mintypical commute
- 33%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Morris County had 301,376 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 63°. About 45 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Somerville Somerset Airport weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Morris County
- Skanska USA BuildingConstruction management, commercial and institutional building5,854
- Morristown Medical CenterGeneral hospital5,384FTE
- Novartis Pharmaceutical US HeadquartersPharmaceutical preparations manufacturing3,887
- Novartis Pharmaceutical Sales ForcePharmaceutical preparations manufacturing3,311
- Zelis HealthcareOffice automation computer systems integration design services2,482
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services1,591
- Greystone Park Psych. HospitalPsychiatric hospital1,480FTE
- St. Clares HospitalGeneral hospital1,458FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 426 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 82,478 people in all across the county; Mendham has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mendham’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Morris County and the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
Mendham home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Mendham listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Mendham19.08%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Mendham25
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Mendham7
Zip codes with a Mendham address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mendham — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.