Lake Telemark vs Rainbow Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Telemark and Rainbow Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Telemark has the higher population (1,519 vs 1,376 in Rainbow Lakes). Rainbow Lakes has the higher median household income ($109,083 vs $107,065 in Lake Telemark). Rainbow Lakes has the higher median home value ($531,700 vs $424,200 in Lake Telemark).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Telemark	Rainbow Lakes
Population	1,519	1,376
Median age	32.3 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$107,065	$109,083
Median home value	$424,200	$531,700
Median gross rent	—	$2,079
Housing units	524	534
Homeownership rate	91.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	62.8%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Telemark	Rainbow Lakes
Population	1,197 → 1,519 (+26.9%)	1,276 → 1,376 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$95,588 → $107,065 (+12.0%)	$110,781 → $109,083 (-1.5%)
Median home value	$336,600 → $424,200 (+26.0%)	$430,400 → $531,700 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,515 → $1,477 (-2.5%)	$1,878 → $2,079 (+10.7%)

Lake Telemark

Population

1,1971,519

Median household income

$95,588$107,065

Median home value

$336,600$424,200

Median gross rent

$1,515$1,477

Rainbow Lakes

Population

1,2761,376

Median household income

$110,781$109,083

Median home value

$430,400$531,700

Median gross rent

$1,878$2,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Telemark	Rainbow Lakes
Under 5	7.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	10.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	17.3%	19.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	19.3%
55 to 64	16.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	1.2%
75 and over	3.8%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Telemark	Rainbow Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	64.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	23.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Telemark	Rainbow Lakes
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	22.4%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	41.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Telemark	Rainbow Lakes
Drove alone	78.8%	69.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	9.0%
Public transit	1.8%	2.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Telemark	Rainbow Lakes
1-unit, detached	95.6%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Telemark	Rainbow Lakes
Poverty rate	9.6%	3.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1962	1964