Budd Lake vs Pompton Plains

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

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

Pompton Plains has the higher population (10,766 vs 10,106 in Budd Lake). Pompton Plains has the higher median household income ($113,661 vs $113,036 in Budd Lake). Pompton Plains has the higher median home value ($488,200 vs $437,200 in Budd Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Budd Lake	Pompton Plains
Population	10,106	10,766
Median age	36.9 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$113,036	$113,661
Median home value	$437,200	$488,200
Median gross rent	$1,326	$3,297
Housing units	3,652	4,908
Homeownership rate	73.9%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Budd Lake	Pompton Plains
Population	9,743 → 10,106 (+3.7%)	10,542 → 10,766 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$90,956 → $113,036 (+24.3%)	$95,500 → $113,661 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$340,300 → $437,200 (+28.5%)	$401,800 → $488,200 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,326 (+9.0%)	$2,574 → $3,297 (+28.1%)

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

Pompton Plains

Population

10,54210,766

Median household income

$95,500$113,661

Median home value

$401,800$488,200

Median gross rent

$2,574$3,297

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Budd Lake	Pompton Plains
Under 5	6.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	6.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.1%
75 and over	2.1%	22.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Budd Lake	Pompton Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	87.5%
Black or African American	8.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Budd Lake	Pompton Plains
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Budd Lake	Pompton Plains
Drove alone	74.5%	71.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.7%
Public transit	0.7%	4.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	15.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Budd Lake	Pompton Plains
1-unit, detached	70.8%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	4.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	34.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Budd Lake	Pompton Plains
Poverty rate	5.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1974	1977