1. SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
OVERVIEW LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT
CURRENT CIVILIAN UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR FORCE RATE
84,200 8.9% 9.8% NJ
8.3% US
TOTAL EMPLOYED PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME
76,700 $36,000 $35K NJ
$27K US
MAJOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYERS
Company Industry 2011 Employment
HISTORY
1753: Designated upper part of Morris Highland Lakes Country Country Club/Membership 2000
as Sussex County; named by Royal ShopRite Supermarkets Consumer Grocery Stores 697
Governor Jonathan Belcher for Sussex in Sussex County CC Community College 525
England L’Oreal USA Cosmetics 500
Dew Associates Inc Computer Peripheral Equipment 400
1820: County pop was 32,754, making it
All Quality Care Inc Nurses Registry 300
the most populated in the state
New Jersey Herald Publishing/Newspaper 130
1824: Warren County split from Sussex
Thorlabs Inc Analytical Optical Instruments 128
1857: 1st Agricultural Fair & Exhibition
Today: Sussex considered "bedroom
community" with residents commuting FASTEST GROWING EMPLOYMENT SECTORS
to other counties/NY for work Rank Industry % of new employment
1 General Merchandise Stores >20%
2 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities 20%
CURRENT POPULATION: 3 Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 10%
4 Food and Beverage Stores 9%
150,908 5 Educational Services
LARGEST EMPLOYMENT SECTORS (TOP 5)
7%
Rank Sector Sussex NJ U.S.
PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
1 Trade, Transportation & Utilities 18% 21% 19%
(2008-2018) 2 Education & Healthcare Services 17% 23% 14%
3 Professional & Business Services 12% 15% 13%
Sussex 4.9% 4 Leisure & Hospitality 12% 9% 10%
5 Construction 6% 4% 5%
NJ 2.8% LARGEST OCCUPATIONS (TOP 5)
Rank Occupation Sussex NJ U.S.
1 Office & Admin Support 17% 17% 16%
LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES 2011
2 Sales & Related 10% 11% 11%
 Vernon Twp (23,943) 3 Personal Care & Service 8% 4% 3%
 Sparta Twp (19,722) 4 Food Prep & Serving Related 8% 6% 8%
 Hopatcong Borough (15,147)
5 Transportation & Material Moving 6% 7% 7%
 Wantage Twp (11,358)
 Byram Twp (8,350)
 Newton*(7,997) ETHNICITY/DIVERSITY AGE MEDIAN AGE
TAX INFORMATION 2011 94% 40
32% 32%
 Corporate Income Tax = 9%
 Personal Income = 8.97% (max)
 Sales Tax = 7% 26%
 Property Tax = $2,372 per capita 2% 2%
 Median Property Taxes Paid in 6% 1% 11%
Under 25
Black
Asian
county = $5,914
Hispanic/
Other
White
45-64
25-44
Latino
65+
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2. SUSSEX COUNTY LABOR FORCE & EMPLOYMENT cont’d TRANSPORTATION/MOBILTY
EDUCATION ATTAINMENT AVG COMMUTE TIME (MINS) AVAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
10% 7%
Less than H.S.
H.S. Diploma
38 30 NJ
25 US 247 Bus Routes
(statewide)
Some College CARPOOL
20% 34% 4 Yrs of College
> 4 Yrs of College 8.4% 11 Commuter Rail Lines
(statewide)
28% COUNTY: US: USE PUBLIC TRANSIT
COLLEGE DEGREE
31%
COLLEGE DEGREE
28%
1.7% 3 Light Rail Lines
(statewide)
MILES OF INTERSTATES & KEY ROADS (statewide)
LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS HIGHWAYS  Garden State Parkway, NJ
38,000
Grade 12 Average Combined Turnpike, AC Expressway,
Enrollment SAT score (US :1509) Palisades Interstate Parkway
Vernon 425 1479  Interstates 76, 78, 80, 95, 195,
Sparta 317 1629 278, 280, 287, 295 and 676.
High Point Regional 316 1509
Wallkill Valley Regional 218 1507 MILEAGE TO NEAREST AIRPORT ABOUT NEWARK INT’L AIRPORT
 12th busiest in US (29th worldwide)
Lenape Valley Regional 216 1483
45 To Newark
Int’l Airport  34 million passengers (2010)
 860 million short tons of cargo
INSTITUTES OF HIGHER EDUCATION
ENROLLMENT MILEAGE TO NEAREST PORT ABOUT PORT OF NY/NJ
Institute
William Paterson (Passaic)
Type
4 Yr
Under
graduate
9,168
Graduate
1,641
40 To Port of
NY/NJ
 Largest port on East Coast
 3rd Largest port in the US
 Handled 5.3 million loaded
Sussex County CC 2 Yr 4,208 NA and unloaded 20 ft equiv units
 Value of cargo that moved
ACCESS TO CUSTOMERS
through port exceeds $190
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS (MILLIONS) Billion
Institute
High School Vocational
Post Secondary Vocational
Enrollment
315
73
100 Within one day
drive
COST OF DOING BUSINESS
SPACE AVAILABILITY 2011 WAGES
Type Sq Ft/Acre Occupancy Costs Occupation Sussex NJ
Land 1,929 acres $1.46 / sf Bldg Ground Clean & Maintenance $27,470 $28,180
Industrial 963,000 sq ft $5.08 / sf Bus. & Fin. Operations $77,430 $74,470
Office 260,000 sq ft $17.60 / sf Construction and Extraction $59,770 $56,400
Food Prep & Serving Related $23,600 $23,650
Healthcare Practitioners $83,890 $83,800
KEY RESOURCES & CONTACTS Install, Maint & Repair $51,520 $49,710
Office & Admin Support $37,870 $36,810
TRACYE MCDANIEL | PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Production $36,600 $34,630
MICHAEL CHROBAK | CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
Sales & Related $46,080 $43,760
Trnsp and Material Moving $34,170 $33,100
EconDev@choosenj.com
609-297-2200
UTILITY COSTS
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Type of Utility Utility Provider Cost
Gas $2.63 2nd lowest
SOURCES: NJ Department of Labor & US Bureau of Labor Statistics; American Community Electric 14.8 cents / Deregulated 7th highest
Survey, 2005-2009 Estimates,; NJ State Police & FBI, Uniform Crime Report; NJ Monthly
Magazine, 2010; NJ State Department of Education, Spring 2010; Board of Public Utilities;
Telecom Varies by location NA
Tax Foundation; Infoplease.com; Travelmath; CoStar; Hoovers; Institute for Energy Waste/Sewer Varies by location NA
Research; Data current as of May 2012
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