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Mount Hope, New Jersey.

A community in Morris County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Morris County’s.

Living in Mount Hope, Morris County, New Jersey

Mount Hope, in Morris County, had 2,930 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $86,607 a year and half less, against $137,326 across Morris County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 83% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 17% 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 schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,930 in the 2020 census
Household income $86,607 the median, give or take $16,689 · Morris County: $137,326
Unemployment 3.9% Morris County, August 2026; 4.9% a year before
Homes 83% lived in by their owners; 17% rented
  • 1,636households
  • 50%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 26%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Shops (retail)15%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Other services8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

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

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 21°; warmest in July, 85° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 21° F M A M J J 85° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 38° and 21°; warmest in July, 85° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 38° 21° F M A M J J 85° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 38° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 64°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Boonton Southeast weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Morris County

  1. Skanska USA BuildingConstruction management, commercial and institutional building5,854
  2. Morristown Medical CenterGeneral hospital5,384FTE
  3. Novartis Pharmaceutical US HeadquartersPharmaceutical preparations manufacturing3,887
  4. Novartis Pharmaceutical Sales ForcePharmaceutical preparations manufacturing3,311
  5. Zelis HealthcareOffice automation computer systems integration design services2,482
  6. UPSCouriers and express delivery services1,591
  7. Greystone Park Psych. HospitalPsychiatric hospital1,480FTE
  8. 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; Mount Hope has none 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

  1. Winter weatherrelatively high in parts of Mount HopeRelatively moderate
  2. Strong windRelatively moderate
  3. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mount Hope’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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.