Budd Lake vs Kinnelon

A side-by-side comparison of Budd Lake and Kinnelon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Budd Lake has the higher population (10,106 vs 9,971 in Kinnelon). Kinnelon has the higher median household income ($178,102 vs $113,036 in Budd Lake). Kinnelon has the higher median home value ($682,600 vs $437,200 in Budd Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Budd Lake	Kinnelon
Population	10,106	9,971
Median age	36.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$113,036	$178,102
Median home value	$437,200	$682,600
Median gross rent	$1,326	$2,307
Housing units	3,652	3,467
Homeownership rate	73.9%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	66.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Budd Lake	Kinnelon
Population	9,743 → 10,106 (+3.7%)	10,054 → 9,971 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$90,956 → $113,036 (+24.3%)	$158,000 → $178,102 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$340,300 → $437,200 (+28.5%)	$570,800 → $682,600 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,326 (+9.0%)	$2,040 → $2,307 (+13.1%)

Budd Lake

Population

9,74310,106

Median household income

$90,956$113,036

Median home value

$340,300$437,200

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,326

Kinnelon

Population

10,0549,971

Median household income

$158,000$178,102

Median home value

$570,800$682,600

Median gross rent

$2,040$2,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Budd Lake	Kinnelon
Under 5	6.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	17.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.5%
75 and over	2.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Budd Lake	Kinnelon
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	85.5%
Black or African American	8.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Budd Lake	Kinnelon
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	27.4%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	42.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Budd Lake	Kinnelon
Drove alone	74.5%	68.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.7%	5.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	19.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Budd Lake	Kinnelon
1-unit, detached	70.8%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Budd Lake	Kinnelon
Poverty rate	5.7%	2.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1974	1973