Sunset Lake vs West Park

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

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

West Park has the higher population (1,521 vs 1,341 in Sunset Lake). West Park has the higher median household income ($73,397 vs $53,663 in Sunset Lake). Sunset Lake has the higher median home value ($539,200 vs $224,000 in West Park).

Population, income & housing

	Sunset Lake	West Park
Population	1,341	1,521
Median age	30.7 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,663	$73,397
Median home value	$539,200	$224,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,282
Housing units	313	712
Homeownership rate	63.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunset Lake	West Park
Population	674 → 1,341 (+99.0%)	1,566 → 1,521 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$63,500 → $53,663 (-15.5%)	$64,868 → $73,397 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$403,100 → $539,200 (+33.8%)	$152,900 → $224,000 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$803 → $1,282 (+59.7%)

Sunset Lake

Population

6741,341

Median household income

$63,500$53,663

Median home value

$403,100$539,200

West Park

Population

1,5661,521

Median household income

$64,868$73,397

Median home value

$152,900$224,000

Median gross rent

$803$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunset Lake	West Park
Under 5	32.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	1.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.3%
25 to 34	23.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	3.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	6.3%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.8%
75 and over	0.7%	16.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunset Lake	West Park
White (non-Hispanic)	25.4%	57.1%
Black or African American	44.9%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	26.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	24.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunset Lake	West Park
No high school diploma	4.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	58.6%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	11.8%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunset Lake	West Park
Drove alone	75.6%	87.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
Public transit	18.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunset Lake	West Park
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Sunset Lake	West Park
Poverty rate	45.0%	17.9%
Average household size	4.27	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	10	23
Median year structure built	1973	1963