Great Notch vs Packanack Lake

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

Great Notch 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.

Packanack Lake has the higher population (6,126 vs 3,898 in Great Notch). Packanack Lake has the higher median household income ($196,343 vs $151,705 in Great Notch). Packanack Lake has the higher median home value ($594,000 vs $556,300 in Great Notch).

Population, income & housing

	Great Notch	Packanack Lake
Population	3,898	6,126
Median age	52.8 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$151,705	$196,343
Median home value	$556,300	$594,000
Median gross rent	$1,826	$3,501
Housing units	1,833	1,987
Homeownership rate	78.2%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Notch	Packanack Lake
Population	4,277 → 3,898 (-8.9%)	5,699 → 6,126 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$125,278 → $151,705 (+21.1%)	$142,353 → $196,343 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$449,100 → $556,300 (+23.9%)	$497,600 → $594,000 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,431 → $1,826 (+27.6%)	$2,875 → $3,501 (+21.8%)

Great Notch

Population

4,2773,898

Median household income

$125,278$151,705

Median home value

$449,100$556,300

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,826

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)

	Great Notch	Packanack Lake
Under 5	0.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	23.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	16.1%	11.2%
75 and over	7.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Notch	Packanack Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	78.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	4.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Notch	Packanack Lake
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	16.9%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	26.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Notch	Packanack Lake
Drove alone	75.9%	63.6%
Carpooled	1.9%	3.1%
Public transit	6.4%	5.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.6%	26.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Notch	Packanack Lake
1-unit, detached	63.9%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Notch	Packanack Lake
Poverty rate	1.4%	1.0%
Average household size	2.15	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1962	1955