Country Lake Estates vs Medford Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Country Lake Estates and Medford Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Country Lake Estates has the higher population (4,700 vs 4,267 in Medford Lakes). Medford Lakes has the higher median household income ($151,190 vs $124,636 in Country Lake Estates). Medford Lakes has the higher median home value ($368,200 vs $226,000 in Country Lake Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Country Lake Estates	Medford Lakes
Population	4,700	4,267
Median age	36.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$124,636	$151,190
Median home value	$226,000	$368,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,136
Housing units	1,470	1,516
Homeownership rate	93.2%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	59.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Country Lake Estates	Medford Lakes
Population	3,766 → 4,700 (+24.8%)	3,984 → 4,267 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$87,549 → $124,636 (+42.4%)	$110,792 → $151,190 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $226,000 (+31.9%)	$297,700 → $368,200 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,745 → $1,791 (+2.6%)	$1,858 → $2,136 (+15.0%)

Country Lake Estates

Population

3,7664,700

Median household income

$87,549$124,636

Median home value

$171,400$226,000

Median gross rent

$1,745$1,791

Medford Lakes

Population

3,9844,267

Median household income

$110,792$151,190

Median home value

$297,700$368,200

Median gross rent

$1,858$2,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Country Lake Estates	Medford Lakes
Under 5	7.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	17.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	18.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.3%
75 and over	2.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Country Lake Estates	Medford Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	22.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Country Lake Estates	Medford Lakes
No high school diploma	12.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	36.9%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	28.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Country Lake Estates	Medford Lakes
Drove alone	72.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	18.9%	0.5%
Public transit	0.8%	1.8%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Country Lake Estates	Medford Lakes
1-unit, detached	98.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Country Lake Estates	Medford Lakes
Poverty rate	4.0%	1.3%
Average household size	3.30	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1973	1961