Mendham vs Mountain Lakes

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

Mendham 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.

Mendham has the higher population (4,977 vs 4,535 in Mountain Lakes). Mountain Lakes has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $223,750 in Mendham). Mountain Lakes has the higher median home value ($915,100 vs $764,000 in Mendham).

Population, income & housing

	Mendham	Mountain Lakes
Population	4,977	4,535
Median age	46.6 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$223,750	$250,001
Median home value	$764,000	$915,100
Median gross rent	$3,250	$2,941
Housing units	1,823	1,451
Homeownership rate	85.7%	97.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.2%	84.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendham	Mountain Lakes
Population	4,917 → 4,977 (+1.2%)	4,270 → 4,535 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$151,875 → $223,750 (+47.3%)	$241,667 → $250,001 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$662,300 → $764,000 (+15.4%)	$867,200 → $915,100 (+5.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,581 → $3,250 (+105.6%)	$1,454 → $2,941 (+102.3%)

Mendham

Population

4,9174,977

Median household income

$151,875$223,750

Median home value

$662,300$764,000

Median gross rent

$1,581$3,250

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)

	Mendham	Mountain Lakes
Under 5	3.9%	4.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	29.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	3.9%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	17.2%	22.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	5.8%
75 and over	9.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendham	Mountain Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	78.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	13.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendham	Mountain Lakes
No high school diploma	1.3%	2.0%
High school graduate	8.5%	7.9%
Some college or associate's	11.1%	5.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	44.0%
Graduate or professional degree	38.9%	40.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendham	Mountain Lakes
Drove alone	59.9%	58.9%
Carpooled	1.9%	3.5%
Public transit	3.6%	6.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	30.8%	30.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendham	Mountain Lakes
1-unit, detached	78.9%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	8.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mendham	Mountain Lakes
Poverty rate	2.2%	1.3%
Average household size	2.67	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1972	1948