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Upper Montclair, New Jersey.

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

Living in Upper Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey

Upper Montclair, in Essex County, had 13,146 people in the 2020 census. 86% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 14% are rented. Unemployment in Essex County was 5.7% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.

People 13,146 in the 2020 census; median age 42.2
Household income Too few homes in Upper Montclair for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.7% Essex County, August 2026; 7.2% a year before
Homes 86% lived in by their owners; 14% rented
  • 4,061households
  • 85%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 42 mintypical commute
  • 43%work from home

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services24%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Banks, insurance and property13%
  • Manufacturing7%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%
  • Shops (retail)6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Essex County had 353,038 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 39° and 22°; warmest in July, 86° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 22° F M A M J J 86° 65° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 39° and 22°; warmest in July, 86° and 65° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 39° 22° F M A M J J 86° 65° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 39° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 65°.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Little Falls weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Essex County

  1. United Continental Holdings Inc EWR14,193
  2. Newark Public School DistrictSchool district6,610FTE
  3. Pseg6,545
  4. SBC ManagementAgreement corporation4,520
  5. UH - University HospitalGeneral hospital3,836FTE
  6. Montclair State UniversityUniversity or college3,662
  7. Cooperman Barnabas Medical CenterGeneral hospital3,360FTE
  8. Newark Beth Israel Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,810FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 370 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 90,862 people in all across the county; Upper Montclair has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); 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. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  2. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  3. Inland floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Upper Montclair’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 Essex County.