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Mountain Lakes, NJ

4,585 Population
2.6 square miles 1,734.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$116,093 ±$13,532 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$250,001 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • more than double the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

1.3% ±1% (58  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

34.4 minutes ±4.7 (53,170  ±10,403) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

1,443 ±85 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
3.2 ±0.2 (4,585  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

4.1% ±3.2% (40  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

1,492 ±91 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$917,000 ±$70,958 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about double the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

7.8% ±4.2% (357  ±191.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

99% ±11.1% (2,824  ±342.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
85.9% ±9.8% (2,450  ±300.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about double the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

13.4% ±3.6% (612  ±163) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

2.6% ±1.8% (79  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
79 Total veterans ±54 70 Male ±49 9 Female ±14

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