Rosenhayn vs Sunset Lake

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

Rosenhayn 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.

Sunset Lake has the higher population (1,341 vs 1,066 in Rosenhayn). Sunset Lake has the higher median home value ($539,200 vs $210,400 in Rosenhayn). Since 2019, Sunset Lake's population has grown faster (+99.0% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Rosenhayn	Sunset Lake
Population	1,066	1,341
Median age	47.5 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,663
Median home value	$210,400	$539,200
Housing units	424	313
Homeownership rate	92.7%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosenhayn	Sunset Lake
Population	1,351 → 1,066 (-21.1%)	674 → 1,341 (+99.0%)
Median household income	$64,907 → $59,654 (-8.1%)	$63,500 → $53,663 (-15.5%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $210,400 (+25.0%)	$403,100 → $539,200 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,237 (+15.5%)	—

Rosenhayn

Population

1,3511,066

Median household income

$64,907$59,654

Median home value

$168,300$210,400

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,237

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)

	Rosenhayn	Sunset Lake
Under 5	3.3%	32.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	1.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.8%	23.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	3.5%
55 to 64	20.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	18.3%	6.1%
75 and over	5.2%	0.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosenhayn	Sunset Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	25.4%
Black or African American	4.0%	44.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	26.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosenhayn	Sunset Lake
No high school diploma	16.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	47.8%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	11.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosenhayn	Sunset Lake
Drove alone	80.7%	75.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	18.4%
Walked	2.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosenhayn	Sunset Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rosenhayn	Sunset Lake
Poverty rate	3.6%	45.0%
Average household size	2.49	4.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	10
Median year structure built	1970	1973