Kinnelon vs Lake Hiawatha

A side-by-side comparison of Kinnelon and Lake Hiawatha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Hiawatha has the higher population (10,406 vs 9,971 in Kinnelon). Kinnelon has the higher median household income ($178,102 vs $101,500 in Lake Hiawatha). Kinnelon has the higher median home value ($682,600 vs $402,500 in Lake Hiawatha).

Population, income & housing

	Kinnelon	Lake Hiawatha
Population	9,971	10,406
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$178,102	$101,500
Median home value	$682,600	$402,500
Median gross rent	$2,307	$1,426
Housing units	3,467	4,459
Homeownership rate	92.8%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	51.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hiawatha
Population	10,054 → 9,971 (-0.8%)	9,220 → 10,406 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$158,000 → $178,102 (+12.7%)	$80,481 → $101,500 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$570,800 → $682,600 (+19.6%)	$337,400 → $402,500 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,040 → $2,307 (+13.1%)	$1,192 → $1,426 (+19.6%)

Kinnelon

Population

10,0549,971

Median household income

$158,000$178,102

Median home value

$570,800$682,600

Median gross rent

$2,040$2,307

Lake Hiawatha

Population

9,22010,406

Median household income

$80,481$101,500

Median home value

$337,400$402,500

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,426

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hiawatha
Under 5	4.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	18.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.6%
75 and over	5.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hiawatha
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	49.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	6.7%	36.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinnelon	Lake Hiawatha
No high school diploma	2.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	14.7%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	18.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hiawatha
Drove alone	68.4%	74.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.4%
Public transit	5.0%	3.3%
Walked	0.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hiawatha
1-unit, detached	91.0%	56.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	20.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kinnelon	Lake Hiawatha
Poverty rate	2.0%	2.7%
Average household size	2.99	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	1973	1965