Lake Hopatcong vs Oak Ridge

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

Lake Hopatcong 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 10,383 in Lake Hopatcong). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($118,718 vs $111,614 in Lake Hopatcong). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($417,300 vs $388,300 in Lake Hopatcong).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Hopatcong	Oak Ridge
Population	10,383	10,860
Median age	46.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$111,614	$118,718
Median home value	$388,300	$417,300
Median gross rent	$1,599	$1,320
Housing units	4,360	4,349
Homeownership rate	93.4%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	43.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Hopatcong	Oak Ridge
Population	10,301 → 10,383 (+0.8%)	11,639 → 10,860 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$100,365 → $111,614 (+11.2%)	$120,554 → $118,718 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$340,700 → $388,300 (+14.0%)	$360,100 → $417,300 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,599 (+6.0%)	$1,175 → $1,320 (+12.3%)

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

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 Hopatcong	Oak Ridge
Under 5	4.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	16.5%
55 to 64	17.3%	18.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.6%
75 and over	9.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Hopatcong	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	80.7%
Black or African American	6.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Hopatcong	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	28.5%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Hopatcong	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	76.7%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.9%
Public transit	3.5%	1.7%
Walked	0.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	9.8%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Hopatcong	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	89.7%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Hopatcong	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	41
Median year structure built	1964	1980