Lake Hiawatha vs Succasunna

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

Lake Hiawatha and Succasunna 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 9,866 in Succasunna). Succasunna has the higher median household income ($164,555 vs $101,500 in Lake Hiawatha). Succasunna has the higher median home value ($483,300 vs $402,500 in Lake Hiawatha).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Hiawatha	Succasunna
Population	10,406	9,866
Median age	40.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$101,500	$164,555
Median home value	$402,500	$483,300
Median gross rent	$1,426	$2,299
Housing units	4,459	3,405
Homeownership rate	60.8%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.0%	49.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Hiawatha	Succasunna
Population	9,220 → 10,406 (+12.9%)	8,514 → 9,866 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$80,481 → $101,500 (+26.1%)	$136,167 → $164,555 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$337,400 → $402,500 (+19.3%)	$399,500 → $483,300 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,426 (+19.6%)	$2,250 → $2,299 (+2.2%)

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

Succasunna

Population

8,5149,866

Median household income

$136,167$164,555

Median home value

$399,500$483,300

Median gross rent

$2,250$2,299

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Succasunna
Under 5	4.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	18.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.7%
75 and over	9.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Succasunna
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	77.4%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	36.2%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Hiawatha	Succasunna
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	24.5%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Succasunna
Drove alone	74.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.6%
Public transit	3.3%	0.9%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Hiawatha	Succasunna
1-unit, detached	56.2%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	16.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Hiawatha	Succasunna
Poverty rate	2.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.39	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1965	1971