Kinnelon vs Lake Hopatcong

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

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

Lake Hopatcong has the higher population (10,383 vs 9,971 in Kinnelon). Kinnelon has the higher median household income ($178,102 vs $111,614 in Lake Hopatcong). Kinnelon has the higher median home value ($682,600 vs $388,300 in Lake Hopatcong).

Population, income & housing

	Kinnelon	Lake Hopatcong
Population	9,971	10,383
Median age	42.4 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$178,102	$111,614
Median home value	$682,600	$388,300
Median gross rent	$2,307	$1,599
Housing units	3,467	4,360
Homeownership rate	92.8%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.4%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hopatcong
Population	10,054 → 9,971 (-0.8%)	10,301 → 10,383 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$158,000 → $178,102 (+12.7%)	$100,365 → $111,614 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$570,800 → $682,600 (+19.6%)	$340,700 → $388,300 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,040 → $2,307 (+13.1%)	$1,509 → $1,599 (+6.0%)

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 Hopatcong

Population

10,30110,383

Median household income

$100,365$111,614

Median home value

$340,700$388,300

Median gross rent

$1,509$1,599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hopatcong
Under 5	4.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.4%
75 and over	5.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hopatcong
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	73.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinnelon	Lake Hopatcong
No high school diploma	2.0%	4.6%
High school graduate	14.7%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	17.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hopatcong
Drove alone	68.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	6.8%
Public transit	5.0%	3.5%
Walked	0.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinnelon	Lake Hopatcong
1-unit, detached	91.0%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Kinnelon	Lake Hopatcong
Poverty rate	2.0%	3.6%
Average household size	2.99	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	36	30
Median year structure built	1973	1964