Budd Lake vs Succasunna

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

Budd Lake and Succasunna 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 9,866 in Succasunna). Succasunna has the higher median household income ($164,555 vs $113,036 in Budd Lake). Succasunna has the higher median home value ($483,300 vs $437,200 in Budd Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Budd Lake	Succasunna
Population	10,106	9,866
Median age	36.9 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,036	$164,555
Median home value	$437,200	$483,300
Median gross rent	$1,326	$2,299
Housing units	3,652	3,405
Homeownership rate	73.9%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Budd Lake	Succasunna
Population	9,743 → 10,106 (+3.7%)	8,514 → 9,866 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$90,956 → $113,036 (+24.3%)	$136,167 → $164,555 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$340,300 → $437,200 (+28.5%)	$399,500 → $483,300 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,326 (+9.0%)	$2,250 → $2,299 (+2.2%)

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

Succasunna

Population

8,5149,866

Median household income

$136,167$164,555

Median home value

$399,500$483,300

Median gross rent

$2,250$2,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Budd Lake	Succasunna
Under 5	6.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	21.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.7%
75 and over	2.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Budd Lake	Succasunna
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	77.4%
Black or African American	8.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Budd Lake	Succasunna
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.1%
High school graduate	27.4%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Budd Lake	Succasunna
Drove alone	74.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	16.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Budd Lake	Succasunna
1-unit, detached	70.8%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Budd Lake	Succasunna
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.79	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1974	1971