Gouldtown vs Sunset Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Gouldtown and Sunset Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gouldtown has the higher population (1,555 vs 1,341 in Sunset Lake). Sunset Lake has the higher median household income ($53,663 vs $53,281 in Gouldtown). Sunset Lake has the higher median home value ($539,200 vs $179,800 in Gouldtown).

Population, income & housing

	Gouldtown	Sunset Lake
Population	1,555	1,341
Median age	39.7 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,281	$53,663
Median home value	$179,800	$539,200
Median gross rent	$1,252	—
Housing units	661	313
Homeownership rate	71.3%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.2%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	15.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gouldtown	Sunset Lake
Population	1,805 → 1,555 (-13.9%)	674 → 1,341 (+99.0%)
Median household income	$43,563 → $53,281 (+22.3%)	$63,500 → $53,663 (-15.5%)
Median home value	$159,200 → $179,800 (+12.9%)	$403,100 → $539,200 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,252 (+21.1%)	—

Gouldtown

Population

1,8051,555

Median household income

$43,563$53,281

Median home value

$159,200$179,800

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,252

Sunset Lake

Population

6741,341

Median household income

$63,500$53,663

Median home value

$403,100$539,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gouldtown	Sunset Lake
Under 5	8.4%	32.0%
5 to 17	16.0%	1.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	23.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	3.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.1%
75 and over	6.6%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gouldtown	Sunset Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	25.4%
Black or African American	66.2%	44.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	26.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gouldtown	Sunset Lake
No high school diploma	19.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	48.7%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gouldtown	Sunset Lake
Drove alone	67.2%	75.6%
Carpooled	21.6%	0.0%
Public transit	3.0%	18.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gouldtown	Sunset Lake
1-unit, detached	72.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	27.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gouldtown	Sunset Lake
Poverty rate	7.4%	45.0%
Average household size	2.58	4.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	10
Median year structure built	1974	1973