Whippany vs White Meadow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Whippany and White Meadow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Whippany and White Meadow Lake are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whippany has the higher population (8,862 vs 8,706 in White Meadow Lake). Whippany has the higher median household income ($153,725 vs $150,042 in White Meadow Lake). Whippany has the higher median home value ($612,500 vs $441,000 in White Meadow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Whippany	White Meadow Lake
Population	8,862	8,706
Median age	49.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$153,725	$150,042
Median home value	$612,500	$441,000
Median gross rent	$2,619	$2,623
Housing units	3,691	2,881
Homeownership rate	88.8%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whippany	White Meadow Lake
Population	8,780 → 8,862 (+0.9%)	9,548 → 8,706 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$121,005 → $153,725 (+27.0%)	$132,351 → $150,042 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$518,900 → $612,500 (+18.0%)	$353,600 → $441,000 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,816 → $2,619 (+44.2%)	$1,743 → $2,623 (+50.5%)

Whippany

Population

8,7808,862

Median household income

$121,005$153,725

Median home value

$518,900$612,500

Median gross rent

$1,816$2,619

White Meadow Lake

Population

9,5488,706

Median household income

$132,351$150,042

Median home value

$353,600$441,000

Median gross rent

$1,743$2,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Whippany	White Meadow Lake
Under 5	3.9%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	17.3%
55 to 64	21.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.2%
75 and over	9.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whippany	White Meadow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	12.9%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whippany	White Meadow Lake
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	22.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.1%	22.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whippany	White Meadow Lake
Drove alone	70.4%	67.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	4.5%
Public transit	3.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	26.8%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whippany	White Meadow Lake
1-unit, detached	70.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Whippany	White Meadow Lake
Poverty rate	3.6%	1.7%
Average household size	2.39	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1974	1965