Lake Hopatcong vs Pompton Plains

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

Lake Hopatcong 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 10,383 in Lake Hopatcong). Pompton Plains has the higher median household income ($113,661 vs $111,614 in Lake Hopatcong). Pompton Plains has the higher median home value ($488,200 vs $388,300 in Lake Hopatcong).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Hopatcong	Pompton Plains
Population	10,383	10,766
Median age	46.5 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,614	$113,661
Median home value	$388,300	$488,200
Median gross rent	$1,599	$3,297
Housing units	4,360	4,908
Homeownership rate	93.4%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Hopatcong	Pompton Plains
Population	10,301 → 10,383 (+0.8%)	10,542 → 10,766 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$100,365 → $111,614 (+11.2%)	$95,500 → $113,661 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$340,700 → $388,300 (+14.0%)	$401,800 → $488,200 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,509 → $1,599 (+6.0%)	$2,574 → $3,297 (+28.1%)

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

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 Hopatcong	Pompton Plains
Under 5	4.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.2%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.1%
75 and over	9.0%	22.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Hopatcong	Pompton Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	87.5%
Black or African American	6.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Hopatcong	Pompton Plains
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	28.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Hopatcong	Pompton Plains
Drove alone	76.7%	71.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.7%
Public transit	3.5%	4.2%
Walked	0.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	15.5%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Hopatcong	Pompton Plains
1-unit, detached	89.7%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.4%	34.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Hopatcong	Pompton Plains
Poverty rate	3.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1964	1977