Lake Hiawatha vs Oak Ridge

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

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

Oak Ridge has the higher population (10,860 vs 10,406 in Lake Hiawatha). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($118,718 vs $101,500 in Lake Hiawatha). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($417,300 vs $402,500 in Lake Hiawatha).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Hiawatha	Oak Ridge
Population	10,406	10,860
Median age	40.3 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$101,500	$118,718
Median home value	$402,500	$417,300
Median gross rent	$1,426	$1,320
Housing units	4,459	4,349
Homeownership rate	60.8%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Hiawatha	Oak Ridge
Population	9,220 → 10,406 (+12.9%)	11,639 → 10,860 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$80,481 → $101,500 (+26.1%)	$120,554 → $118,718 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$337,400 → $402,500 (+19.3%)	$360,100 → $417,300 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,426 (+19.6%)	$1,175 → $1,320 (+12.3%)

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

Oak Ridge

Population

11,63910,860

Median household income

$120,554$118,718

Median home value

$360,100$417,300

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,320

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Oak Ridge
Under 5	4.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	18.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.6%
75 and over	9.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	80.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	36.2%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Hiawatha	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	24.5%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	74.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.9%
Public transit	3.3%	1.7%
Walked	2.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	56.2%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	0.9%
20 or more units	16.7%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Hiawatha	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	2.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	41
Median year structure built	1965	1980