Landing vs Mountain Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Landing and Mountain Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain Lakes has the higher population (4,535 vs 4,499 in Landing). Mountain Lakes has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $125,407 in Landing). Mountain Lakes has the higher median home value ($915,100 vs $382,300 in Landing).

Population, income & housing

	Landing	Mountain Lakes
Population	4,499	4,535
Median age	38.0 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,407	$250,001
Median home value	$382,300	$915,100
Median gross rent	$1,706	$2,941
Housing units	1,626	1,451
Homeownership rate	82.9%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	84.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Landing	Mountain Lakes
Population	4,456 → 4,499 (+1.0%)	4,270 → 4,535 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$95,656 → $125,407 (+31.1%)	$241,667 → $250,001 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $382,300 (+25.6%)	$867,200 → $915,100 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,256 → $1,706 (+35.8%)	$1,454 → $2,941 (+102.3%)

Landing

Population

4,4564,499

Median household income

$95,656$125,407

Median home value

$304,400$382,300

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,706

Mountain Lakes

Population

4,2704,535

Median household income

$241,667$250,001

Median home value

$867,200$915,100

Median gross rent

$1,454$2,941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Landing	Mountain Lakes
Under 5	3.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.6%	29.7%
18 to 24	18.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	3.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	22.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	5.8%
75 and over	4.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Landing	Mountain Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	78.0%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	13.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.4%
Two or more races	10.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Landing	Mountain Lakes
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.0%
High school graduate	18.6%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	5.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	44.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Landing	Mountain Lakes
Drove alone	54.5%	58.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	3.5%
Public transit	12.8%	6.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.9%	30.7%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Landing	Mountain Lakes
1-unit, detached	87.5%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Landing	Mountain Lakes
Poverty rate	9.7%	1.3%
Average household size	2.96	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	41	35
Median year structure built	1967	1948