Lakehurst vs Leisure Knoll

A side-by-side comparison of Lakehurst and Leisure Knoll: population, income, housing, and more.

Lakehurst and Leisure Knoll are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leisure Knoll has the higher population (2,725 vs 2,666 in Lakehurst). Lakehurst has the higher median household income ($80,458 vs $61,875 in Leisure Knoll). Leisure Knoll has the higher median home value ($265,600 vs $225,800 in Lakehurst).

Population, income & housing

	Lakehurst	Leisure Knoll
Population	2,666	2,725
Median age	39.4 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$80,458	$61,875
Median home value	$225,800	$265,600
Median gross rent	$1,637	$1,765
Housing units	1,069	1,631
Homeownership rate	64.2%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakehurst	Leisure Knoll
Population	2,684 → 2,666 (-0.7%)	2,537 → 2,725 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$68,322 → $80,458 (+17.8%)	$42,340 → $61,875 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$190,300 → $225,800 (+18.7%)	$177,300 → $265,600 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,689 → $1,637 (-3.1%)	$1,591 → $1,765 (+10.9%)

Lakehurst

Population

2,6842,666

Median household income

$68,322$80,458

Median home value

$190,300$225,800

Median gross rent

$1,689$1,637

Leisure Knoll

Population

2,5372,725

Median household income

$42,340$61,875

Median home value

$177,300$265,600

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakehurst	Leisure Knoll
Under 5	6.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	14.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.2%	0.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	0.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	2.4%
45 to 54	10.0%	3.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	24.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	33.2%
75 and over	4.8%	33.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakehurst	Leisure Knoll
White (non-Hispanic)	64.2%	86.8%
Black or African American	9.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakehurst	Leisure Knoll
No high school diploma	12.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	45.1%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakehurst	Leisure Knoll
Drove alone	83.2%	81.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	14.8%
Other means	4.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakehurst	Leisure Knoll
1-unit, detached	57.7%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	19.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakehurst	Leisure Knoll
Poverty rate	10.1%	7.1%
Average household size	2.65	1.72
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1965	1982