Mount Ephraim, NJ

Census Place

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2024 Population
4,669
US Senator
Cory Booker
Democratic Party
US Senator
Andy Kim
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
39.3
1.29% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
10.5%
17.9% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$79,804
16.1% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$236,700
5.76% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
2,617
4.1% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Mount Ephraim, NJ reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99% of the residents in Mount Ephraim, NJ are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Mount Ephraim, NJ was $236,700, and the homeownership rate was 68%.

Most people in Mount Ephraim, NJ drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 22.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Mount Ephraim, NJ was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Mount Ephraim, NJ is home to a population of 4.67k people, from which 99% are citizens. As of 2024, 3.51% of Mount Ephraim, NJ residents were born outside of the country (164 people).

In 2024, there were 9.74 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.68k people) in Mount Ephraim, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 378 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 159 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99%
2024 Citizenship
98.8%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99% of Mount Ephraim, NJ residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Mount Ephraim, NJ was 98.8%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Mount Ephraim, NJ
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    3.68k ± 445
  2. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    378 ± 409
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
    159 ± 168
13.1%
Hispanic Population
611 people

In 2024, there were 9.74 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.68k people) in Mount Ephraim, NJ than any other race or ethnicity. There were 378 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 159 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

13.1% of the people in Mount Ephraim, NJ are hispanic (611 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Mount Ephraim, NJ as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New Jersey.
Most Common Origin
  1. India
    273,706 ± 12,653 people
  2. Dominican Republic
    205,965 ± 11,018 people
  3. Mexico
    107,667 ± 8,009 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New Jersey was India, the natal country of 273,706 New Jersey residents, followed by Dominican Republic with 205,965 and Mexico with 107,667.

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Foreign-Born Population

3.51%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
164 people
2.58%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
120 people

As of 2024, 3.51% of Mount Ephraim, NJ residents (164 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Mount Ephraim, NJ was 2.58%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    108 ± 66
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    62 ± 47
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    59 ± 58

Mount Ephraim, NJ has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.74 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Mount Ephraim, NJ employs 2.62k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Mount Ephraim, NJ were Construction (532 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (404 people), and Retail Trade (349 people), and the highest paying industries were Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($94,886), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($79,028), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($78,060).

Employment

Occupations

2.62k
2024 Value
± 392
4.1%
1 Year growth
± 20.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mount Ephraim, NJ grew at a rate of 4.1%, from 2.51k employees to 2.62k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Mount Ephraim, NJ, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (466 people), Management Occupations (418 people), and Construction & Extraction Occupations (233 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Mount Ephraim, NJ.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New Jersey.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

2.62k
2024 Value
± 392
4.1%
1 Year growth
± 20.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Mount Ephraim, NJ grew at a rate of 4.1%, from 2.51k employees to 2.62k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Mount Ephraim, NJ, are Construction (532 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (404 people), and Retail Trade (349 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Mount Ephraim, NJ, though some of these residents may live in Mount Ephraim, NJ and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$64,028
Median earning men ± $14,433
$52,347
Median earning women ± $9,411

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($95,521), Public Administration ($84,511), and Wholesale Trade ($84,375).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($78,102), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($69,817), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($60,750).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.27%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.24M people employed in New Jersey. This represents a 2.27% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 16.5%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Mount Ephraim, NJ was $236,700 in 2024, which is 0.711 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $223,800 to $236,700, a 5.76% increase. The homeownership rate in Mount Ephraim, NJ is 68%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Mount Ephraim, NJ have an average commute time of 22.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Mount Ephraim, NJ is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$236,700
Median Property Value 2024
±$14,572
$1,368
Median Property Taxes
±$248

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Mount Ephraim, NJ the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Mount Ephraim, NJ compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

68%
Homeownership
2024
62.9%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 68% of the housing units in Mount Ephraim, NJ were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 66.4%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$79,804
Median Household Income
± $18,058
2.01k
Number of Households
± 380

In 2024, the median household income of the 2.01k households in Mount Ephraim, NJ declined from $79,804 from the previous year's value of $95,137.

The following chart displays the households in Mount Ephraim, NJ distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Mount Ephraim, NJ is from New Jersey.
0.486
2023 Wage GINI in New Jersey
0.489
2022 Wage GINI in New Jersey

In 2023, the income inequality in New Jersey was 0.486 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.709% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New Jersey was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New Jersey in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (71.2%)
  2. Worked At Home (18.6%)
  3. Carpooled (5.14%)

In 2024, 71.2% of workers in Mount Ephraim, NJ drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (18.6%) and those who carpooled to work (5.14%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

22.5 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Mount Ephraim, NJ have a shorter commute time (22.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.538% of the workforce in Mount Ephraim, NJ have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Mount Ephraim, NJ distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Mount Ephraim, NJ have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

10.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Mount Ephraim, NJ (488 out of 4.64k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females < 5, followed by Males < 5 and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Mount Ephraim, NJ is Hispanic, followed by Two Or More and White.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

96.5% of the population of Mount Ephraim, NJ has health coverage, with 55.4% on employee plans, 17.6% on Medicaid, 13% on Medicare, 9.55% on non-group plans, and 0.942% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New Jersey see 1,279 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,279 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1157 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 320 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.6% were men and 53.4% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 20.6% under 18 years, 23.7% between 18 and 34 years, 38.7% between 35 and 64 years, and 17% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.6% were men and 53.4% were women.

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Uninsured People

3.51%
Uninsured
55.4%
Employer Coverage
17.6%
Medicaid
13%
Medicare
9.55%
Non-Group
0.942%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Mount Ephraim, NJ grew by 11.1% from 3.16% to 3.51%.

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