Boonton vs White Meadow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Boonton and White Meadow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boonton has the higher population (8,803 vs 8,706 in White Meadow Lake). White Meadow Lake has the higher median household income ($150,042 vs $100,417 in Boonton). Boonton has the higher median home value ($475,300 vs $441,000 in White Meadow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Boonton	White Meadow Lake
Population	8,803	8,706
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	$150,042
Median home value	$475,300	$441,000
Median gross rent	$1,761	$2,623
Housing units	3,757	2,881
Homeownership rate	56.8%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonton	White Meadow Lake
Population	8,398 → 8,803 (+4.8%)	9,548 → 8,706 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$87,027 → $100,417 (+15.4%)	$132,351 → $150,042 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$386,100 → $475,300 (+23.1%)	$353,600 → $441,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,316 → $1,761 (+33.8%)	$1,743 → $2,623 (+50.5%)

Boonton

Population

8,3988,803

Median household income

$87,027$100,417

Median home value

$386,100$475,300

Median gross rent

$1,316$1,761

White Meadow Lake

Population

9,5488,706

Median household income

$132,351$150,042

Median home value

$353,600$441,000

Median gross rent

$1,743$2,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonton	White Meadow Lake
Under 5	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	17.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.2%
75 and over	4.5%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonton	White Meadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	77.4%
Black or African American	6.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonton	White Meadow Lake
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	24.8%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonton	White Meadow Lake
Drove alone	78.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	26.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonton	White Meadow Lake
1-unit, detached	55.7%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	4.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boonton	White Meadow Lake
Poverty rate	7.5%	1.7%
Average household size	2.46	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1955	1965