Ledgewood vs Mountain Lakes

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

Ledgewood 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.

Ledgewood has the higher population (5,150 vs 4,535 in Mountain Lakes). Mountain Lakes has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $125,000 in Ledgewood). Mountain Lakes has the higher median home value ($915,100 vs $454,100 in Ledgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Ledgewood	Mountain Lakes
Population	5,150	4,535
Median age	45.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,000	$250,001
Median home value	$454,100	$915,100
Median gross rent	$1,570	$2,941
Housing units	2,064	1,451
Homeownership rate	83.5%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.5%	84.4%
Unemployment rate	17.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ledgewood	Mountain Lakes
Population	5,341 → 5,150 (-3.6%)	4,270 → 4,535 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$99,044 → $125,000 (+26.2%)	$241,667 → $250,001 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$374,700 → $454,100 (+21.2%)	$867,200 → $915,100 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,716 → $1,570 (-8.5%)	$1,454 → $2,941 (+102.3%)

Ledgewood

Population

5,3415,150

Median household income

$99,044$125,000

Median home value

$374,700$454,100

Median gross rent

$1,716$1,570

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)

	Ledgewood	Mountain Lakes
Under 5	2.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	29.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	20.8%	22.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	5.8%
75 and over	5.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ledgewood	Mountain Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	78.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.0%	13.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ledgewood	Mountain Lakes
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	13.6%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	5.7%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	44.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ledgewood	Mountain Lakes
Drove alone	77.9%	58.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.5%
Public transit	1.2%	6.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.3%	30.7%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ledgewood	Mountain Lakes
1-unit, detached	59.0%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ledgewood	Mountain Lakes
Poverty rate	2.9%	1.3%
Average household size	2.58	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1992	1948