Lake Hiawatha vs Lake Hopatcong

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

Lake Hiawatha 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 Hiawatha has the higher population (10,406 vs 10,383 in Lake Hopatcong). Lake Hopatcong has the higher median household income ($111,614 vs $101,500 in Lake Hiawatha). Lake Hiawatha has the higher median home value ($402,500 vs $388,300 in Lake Hopatcong).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Hiawatha	Lake Hopatcong
Population	10,406	10,383
Median age	40.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$101,500	$111,614
Median home value	$402,500	$388,300
Median gross rent	$1,426	$1,599
Housing units	4,459	4,360
Homeownership rate	60.8%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lake Hopatcong
Population	9,220 → 10,406 (+12.9%)	10,301 → 10,383 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$80,481 → $101,500 (+26.1%)	$100,365 → $111,614 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$337,400 → $402,500 (+19.3%)	$340,700 → $388,300 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,426 (+19.6%)	$1,509 → $1,599 (+6.0%)

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

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)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lake Hopatcong
Under 5	4.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	18.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.4%
75 and over	9.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lake Hopatcong
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	73.2%
Black or African American	2.0%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	36.2%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Hiawatha	Lake Hopatcong
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	24.5%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lake Hopatcong
Drove alone	74.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.8%
Public transit	3.3%	3.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Lake Hopatcong
1-unit, detached	56.2%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	16.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Hiawatha	Lake Hopatcong
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1965	1964