Mountain Lakes vs Troy Hills

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

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

Troy Hills has the higher population (5,183 vs 4,535 in Mountain Lakes). Mountain Lakes has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $180,618 in Troy Hills). Mountain Lakes has the higher median home value ($915,100 vs $634,600 in Troy Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Lakes	Troy Hills
Population	4,535	5,183
Median age	43.6 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$180,618
Median home value	$915,100	$634,600
Median gross rent	$2,941	$3,250
Housing units	1,451	1,657
Homeownership rate	97.1%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.4%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Lakes	Troy Hills
Population	4,270 → 4,535 (+6.2%)	4,752 → 5,183 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$241,667 → $250,001 (+3.4%)	$162,885 → $180,618 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$867,200 → $915,100 (+5.5%)	$521,200 → $634,600 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $2,941 (+102.3%)	$2,935 → $3,250 (+10.7%)

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

Troy Hills

Population

4,7525,183

Median household income

$162,885$180,618

Median home value

$521,200$634,600

Median gross rent

$2,935$3,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Lakes	Troy Hills
Under 5	4.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	29.7%	19.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.5%
25 to 34	3.9%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	22.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.7%
65 to 74	5.8%	9.2%
75 and over	5.6%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Lakes	Troy Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	45.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.3%	48.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Lakes	Troy Hills
No high school diploma	2.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	7.9%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	5.7%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	44.0%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	40.3%	33.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Lakes	Troy Hills
Drove alone	58.9%	65.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.2%
Public transit	6.2%	5.0%
Walked	0.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.7%	21.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Lakes	Troy Hills
1-unit, detached	90.5%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	19.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Lakes	Troy Hills
Poverty rate	1.3%	4.2%
Average household size	3.20	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1948	1976