Flanders vs White Meadow Lake

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

Flanders 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.

Flanders has the higher population (8,949 vs 8,706 in White Meadow Lake). White Meadow Lake has the higher median household income ($150,042 vs $149,769 in Flanders). Flanders has the higher median home value ($492,600 vs $441,000 in White Meadow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Flanders	White Meadow Lake
Population	8,949	8,706
Median age	43.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$149,769	$150,042
Median home value	$492,600	$441,000
Median gross rent	$1,872	$2,623
Housing units	3,792	2,881
Homeownership rate	59.0%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flanders	White Meadow Lake
Population	8,744 → 8,949 (+2.3%)	9,548 → 8,706 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$121,201 → $149,769 (+23.6%)	$132,351 → $150,042 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$402,700 → $492,600 (+22.3%)	$353,600 → $441,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,629 → $1,872 (+14.9%)	$1,743 → $2,623 (+50.5%)

Flanders

Population

8,7448,949

Median household income

$121,201$149,769

Median home value

$402,700$492,600

Median gross rent

$1,629$1,872

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)

	Flanders	White Meadow Lake
Under 5	4.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.6%
35 to 44	15.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	17.3%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.2%
75 and over	5.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flanders	White Meadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	77.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	7.5%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flanders	White Meadow Lake
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flanders	White Meadow Lake
Drove alone	68.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	6.4%	4.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	26.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flanders	White Meadow Lake
1-unit, detached	58.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	13.1%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flanders	White Meadow Lake
Poverty rate	4.8%	1.7%
Average household size	2.38	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1978	1965