Collings Lakes vs Dorothy

A side-by-side comparison of Collings Lakes and Dorothy: population, income, housing, and more.

Collings Lakes and Dorothy are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Collings Lakes has the higher population (1,489 vs 1,255 in Dorothy). Dorothy has the higher median household income ($104,102 vs $86,359 in Collings Lakes). Dorothy has the higher median home value ($306,900 vs $194,500 in Collings Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Collings Lakes	Dorothy
Population	1,489	1,255
Median age	32.9 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,359	$104,102
Median home value	$194,500	$306,900
Housing units	565	632
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	14.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collings Lakes	Dorothy
Population	1,539 → 1,489 (-3.2%)	1,513 → 1,255 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$65,391 → $86,359 (+32.1%)	$84,299 → $104,102 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $194,500 (+32.5%)	$254,600 → $306,900 (+20.5%)

Collings Lakes

Population

1,5391,489

Median household income

$65,391$86,359

Median home value

$146,800$194,500

Dorothy

Population

1,5131,255

Median household income

$84,299$104,102

Median home value

$254,600$306,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collings Lakes	Dorothy
Under 5	4.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	10.9%
18 to 24	12.2%	0.2%
25 to 34	20.3%	17.7%
35 to 44	7.5%	9.7%
45 to 54	20.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	2.8%	24.1%
75 and over	2.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collings Lakes	Dorothy
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collings Lakes	Dorothy
No high school diploma	5.8%	10.6%
High school graduate	41.6%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collings Lakes	Dorothy
Drove alone	78.6%	90.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.2%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collings Lakes	Dorothy
1-unit, detached	96.1%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Collings Lakes	Dorothy
Poverty rate	13.9%	11.7%
Average household size	2.83	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1963	1981