Chatham vs White Meadow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Chatham and White Meadow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chatham has the higher population (9,219 vs 8,706 in White Meadow Lake). Chatham has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $150,042 in White Meadow Lake). Chatham has the higher median home value ($944,300 vs $441,000 in White Meadow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Chatham	White Meadow Lake
Population	9,219	8,706
Median age	37.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$150,042
Median home value	$944,300	$441,000
Median gross rent	$2,251	$2,623
Housing units	3,003	2,881
Homeownership rate	81.5%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.7%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatham	White Meadow Lake
Population	8,816 → 9,219 (+4.6%)	9,548 → 8,706 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$192,321 → $250,001 (+30.0%)	$132,351 → $150,042 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$746,300 → $944,300 (+26.5%)	$353,600 → $441,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,845 → $2,251 (+22.0%)	$1,743 → $2,623 (+50.5%)

Chatham

Population

8,8169,219

Median household income

$192,321$250,001

Median home value

$746,300$944,300

Median gross rent

$1,845$2,251

White Meadow Lake

Population

9,5488,706

Median household income

$132,351$150,042

Median home value

$353,600$441,000

Median gross rent

$1,743$2,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatham	White Meadow Lake
Under 5	7.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	25.1%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	17.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.2%
75 and over	5.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatham	White Meadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.6%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatham	White Meadow Lake
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	5.6%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	8.8%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	42.1%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	42.6%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatham	White Meadow Lake
Drove alone	45.4%	67.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.5%
Public transit	17.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.6%	26.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatham	White Meadow Lake
1-unit, detached	79.7%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chatham	White Meadow Lake
Poverty rate	2.5%	1.7%
Average household size	3.11	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	39	28
Median year structure built	1951	1965