Mountain Lakes vs Riverdale

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

Mountain Lakes and Riverdale 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 4,084 in Riverdale). Mountain Lakes has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $96,667 in Riverdale). Mountain Lakes has the higher median home value ($915,100 vs $384,500 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Lakes	Riverdale
Population	4,535	4,084
Median age	43.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$96,667
Median home value	$915,100	$384,500
Median gross rent	$2,941	$2,351
Housing units	1,451	2,038
Homeownership rate	97.1%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.4%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Lakes	Riverdale
Population	4,270 → 4,535 (+6.2%)	4,197 → 4,084 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$241,667 → $250,001 (+3.4%)	$110,664 → $96,667 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$867,200 → $915,100 (+5.5%)	$347,400 → $384,500 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $2,941 (+102.3%)	$2,098 → $2,351 (+12.1%)

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

Riverdale

Population

4,1974,084

Median household income

$110,664$96,667

Median home value

$347,400$384,500

Median gross rent

$2,098$2,351

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Lakes	Riverdale
Under 5	4.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	29.7%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	3.9%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	22.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	20.2%
65 to 74	5.8%	11.4%
75 and over	5.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Lakes	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	75.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Lakes	Riverdale
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	7.9%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	5.7%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	44.0%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Lakes	Riverdale
Drove alone	58.9%	81.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	2.6%
Public transit	6.2%	2.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.7%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Lakes	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	90.5%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	39.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Lakes	Riverdale
Poverty rate	1.3%	10.1%
Average household size	3.20	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1948	1995