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Pompton Lakes borough, Passaic County, NJ

11,047 Population
2.9 square miles 3,825.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Passaic County: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,018 ±$4,353 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Passaic County: $40,703 ±$662
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$124,454 ±$13,943 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Passaic County: $87,522 ±$2,333
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.5% ±4.1% (932  ±453) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Passaic County: 13% 66,692 (±0.8% / ±3,989)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.5 minutes ±1.6 (161,750  ±14,540) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Passaic County: 26.5 5,742,555 (±0.5 / ±120,434)
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,248 ±299 Number of households
  • Passaic County: 178,936 ±778
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (11,012  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Passaic County: 2.9 512,303 (±0 / ±189)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±3% (54  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Passaic County: 4.4% † 5,339 (±0.5% / ±594)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,317 ±301 Number of housing units
  • Passaic County: 185,816 ±155
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$442,400 ±$13,828 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Passaic County: $459,500 ±$3,736
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±2.3% (760  ±256.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Passaic County: 8% 41,226 (±0.5% / ±2,706)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.3% ±8% (7,544  ±678.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Passaic County: 84.9% 296,665 (±1.2% / ±4,202.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43.8% ±6.1% (3,470  ±495.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Passaic County: 30.9% 107,862 (±0.7% / ±2,469.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.2% ±4.2% (1,572  ±466) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Passaic County: 33.1% 172,522
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.3% ±1.8% (369  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Passaic County: 2.7% 10,616 (±0.2% / ±867)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
369 Total veterans ±154 363 Male ±152 6 Female ±10

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