Mystic Island vs Pine Lake Park

A side-by-side comparison of Mystic Island and Pine Lake Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Mystic Island and Pine Lake Park are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pine Lake Park has the higher population (9,251 vs 7,616 in Mystic Island). Pine Lake Park has the higher median household income ($87,998 vs $71,917 in Mystic Island). Pine Lake Park has the higher median home value ($377,200 vs $290,000 in Mystic Island).

Population, income & housing

	Mystic Island	Pine Lake Park
Population	7,616	9,251
Median age	56.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,917	$87,998
Median home value	$290,000	$377,200
Median gross rent	$1,786	$1,785
Housing units	4,995	3,149
Homeownership rate	89.5%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mystic Island	Pine Lake Park
Population	8,484 → 7,616 (-10.2%)	8,427 → 9,251 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$57,197 → $71,917 (+25.7%)	$80,795 → $87,998 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $290,000 (+36.5%)	$250,200 → $377,200 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,452 → $1,786 (+23.0%)	$1,609 → $1,785 (+10.9%)

Mystic Island

Population

8,4847,616

Median household income

$57,197$71,917

Median home value

$212,500$290,000

Median gross rent

$1,452$1,786

Pine Lake Park

Population

8,4279,251

Median household income

$80,795$87,998

Median home value

$250,200$377,200

Median gross rent

$1,609$1,785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mystic Island	Pine Lake Park
Under 5	2.4%	10.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	3.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	7.2%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	23.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.6%	9.3%
75 and over	14.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mystic Island	Pine Lake Park
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	67.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	6.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mystic Island	Pine Lake Park
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	44.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mystic Island	Pine Lake Park
Drove alone	81.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	7.1%
Public transit	3.6%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mystic Island	Pine Lake Park
1-unit, detached	95.8%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mystic Island	Pine Lake Park
Poverty rate	16.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.18	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	39	37
Median year structure built	1981	1981