Cedar Knolls vs Mountain Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Knolls and Mountain Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Knolls and Mountain Lakes are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Knolls has the higher population (4,754 vs 4,535 in Mountain Lakes). Mountain Lakes has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $166,077 in Cedar Knolls). Mountain Lakes has the higher median home value ($915,100 vs $610,100 in Cedar Knolls).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Knolls	Mountain Lakes
Population	4,754	4,535
Median age	41.0 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$166,077	$250,001
Median home value	$610,100	$915,100
Median gross rent	$2,802	$2,941
Housing units	1,825	1,451
Homeownership rate	60.8%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	84.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Knolls	Mountain Lakes
Population	4,250 → 4,754 (+11.9%)	4,270 → 4,535 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$129,875 → $166,077 (+27.9%)	$241,667 → $250,001 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$484,200 → $610,100 (+26.0%)	$867,200 → $915,100 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,633 → $2,802 (+6.4%)	$1,454 → $2,941 (+102.3%)

Cedar Knolls

Population

4,2504,754

Median household income

$129,875$166,077

Median home value

$484,200$610,100

Median gross rent

$2,633$2,802

Mountain Lakes

Population

4,2704,535

Median household income

$241,667$250,001

Median home value

$867,200$915,100

Median gross rent

$1,454$2,941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Mountain Lakes
Under 5	9.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	11.4%	29.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.9%	3.9%
35 to 44	19.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	22.9%
55 to 64	6.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	5.8%
75 and over	7.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Mountain Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.7%	13.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Knolls	Mountain Lakes
No high school diploma	8.7%	2.0%
High school graduate	21.4%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	5.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	44.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Mountain Lakes
Drove alone	64.1%	58.9%
Carpooled	16.5%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	6.2%
Walked	0.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.3%	30.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Knolls	Mountain Lakes
1-unit, detached	49.6%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	24.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Knolls	Mountain Lakes
Poverty rate	2.2%	1.3%
Average household size	2.69	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1979	1948