Lake Hiawatha vs Pompton Plains

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

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

Pompton Plains has the higher population (10,766 vs 10,406 in Lake Hiawatha). Pompton Plains has the higher median household income ($113,661 vs $101,500 in Lake Hiawatha). Pompton Plains has the higher median home value ($488,200 vs $402,500 in Lake Hiawatha).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Hiawatha	Pompton Plains
Population	10,406	10,766
Median age	40.3 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,500	$113,661
Median home value	$402,500	$488,200
Median gross rent	$1,426	$3,297
Housing units	4,459	4,908
Homeownership rate	60.8%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Hiawatha	Pompton Plains
Population	9,220 → 10,406 (+12.9%)	10,542 → 10,766 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$80,481 → $101,500 (+26.1%)	$95,500 → $113,661 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$337,400 → $402,500 (+19.3%)	$401,800 → $488,200 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,426 (+19.6%)	$2,574 → $3,297 (+28.1%)

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

Pompton Plains

Population

10,54210,766

Median household income

$95,500$113,661

Median home value

$401,800$488,200

Median gross rent

$2,574$3,297

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Pompton Plains
Under 5	4.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	18.2%	6.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	12.1%
75 and over	9.7%	22.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Pompton Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	87.5%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	36.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Hiawatha	Pompton Plains
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	24.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Pompton Plains
Drove alone	74.7%	71.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.7%
Public transit	3.3%	4.2%
Walked	2.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Pompton Plains
1-unit, detached	56.2%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	16.7%	34.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Hiawatha	Pompton Plains
Poverty rate	2.7%	7.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1965	1977