Mount Holly is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 25,332 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Mount Holly is the 74th largest community in New Jersey.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Mount Holly is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Holly is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Holly who work in office and administrative support (12.07%), management occupations (10.29%), and sales jobs (10.11%).
There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Mount Holly, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.
Also of interest is that Mount Holly has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
The education level of Mount Holly citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.79% of adults in Mount Holly have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Holly in 2018 was $41,358, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,432 for a family of four. However, Mount Holly contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Mount Holly is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mount Holly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Holly residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Mount Holly also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.26% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mount Holly include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Mount Holly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.