Brookside vs Lake Telemark

A side-by-side comparison of Brookside and Lake Telemark: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Telemark has the higher population (1,519 vs 1,287 in Brookside). Brookside has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $107,065 in Lake Telemark). Brookside has the higher median home value ($892,500 vs $424,200 in Lake Telemark).

Population, income & housing

	Brookside	Lake Telemark
Population	1,287	1,519
Median age	41.5 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$107,065
Median home value	$892,500	$424,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	485	524
Homeownership rate	88.7%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookside	Lake Telemark
Population	1,399 → 1,287 (-8.0%)	1,197 → 1,519 (+26.9%)
Median household income	$164,333 → $250,001 (+52.1%)	$95,588 → $107,065 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$649,700 → $892,500 (+37.4%)	$336,600 → $424,200 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,913 → $3,501 (+83.0%)	$1,515 → $1,477 (-2.5%)

Brookside

Population

1,3991,287

Median household income

$164,333$250,001

Median home value

$649,700$892,500

Median gross rent

$1,913$3,501

Lake Telemark

Population

1,1971,519

Median household income

$95,588$107,065

Median home value

$336,600$424,200

Median gross rent

$1,515$1,477

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookside	Lake Telemark
Under 5	4.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	15.1%
18 to 24	12.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	7.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	6.8%
55 to 64	9.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	7.8%
75 and over	9.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookside	Lake Telemark
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookside	Lake Telemark
No high school diploma	0.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	8.7%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	45.1%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookside	Lake Telemark
Drove alone	76.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.6%
Public transit	1.1%	1.8%
Walked	1.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	16.7%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookside	Lake Telemark
1-unit, detached	91.1%	95.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.4%
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

	Brookside	Lake Telemark
Poverty rate	2.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1968	1962