Bloomingdale vs Packanack Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bloomingdale and Packanack Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bloomingdale has the higher population (7,686 vs 6,126 in Packanack Lake). Packanack Lake has the higher median household income ($196,343 vs $126,221 in Bloomingdale). Packanack Lake has the higher median home value ($594,000 vs $398,000 in Bloomingdale).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomingdale	Packanack Lake
Population	7,686	6,126
Median age	44.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$126,221	$196,343
Median home value	$398,000	$594,000
Median gross rent	$1,772	$3,501
Housing units	3,121	1,987
Homeownership rate	69.5%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomingdale	Packanack Lake
Population	8,088 → 7,686 (-5.0%)	5,699 → 6,126 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$93,603 → $126,221 (+34.8%)	$142,353 → $196,343 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $398,000 (+31.2%)	$497,600 → $594,000 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,645 → $1,772 (+7.7%)	$2,875 → $3,501 (+21.8%)

Bloomingdale

Population

8,0887,686

Median household income

$93,603$126,221

Median home value

$303,300$398,000

Median gross rent

$1,645$1,772

Packanack Lake

Population

5,6996,126

Median household income

$142,353$196,343

Median home value

$497,600$594,000

Median gross rent

$2,875$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bloomingdale	Packanack Lake
Under 5	4.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.2%
75 and over	7.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomingdale	Packanack Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	78.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomingdale	Packanack Lake
No high school diploma	8.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomingdale	Packanack Lake
Drove alone	76.3%	63.6%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.1%
Public transit	1.8%	5.8%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.2%	26.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomingdale	Packanack Lake
1-unit, detached	69.3%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomingdale	Packanack Lake
Poverty rate	10.9%	1.0%
Average household size	2.51	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1956	1955