Great Notch vs Pines Lake

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

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

Great Notch has the higher population (3,898 vs 2,989 in Pines Lake). Pines Lake has the higher median household income ($177,750 vs $151,705 in Great Notch). Pines Lake has the higher median home value ($612,800 vs $556,300 in Great Notch).

Population, income & housing

	Great Notch	Pines Lake
Population	3,898	2,989
Median age	52.8 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$151,705	$177,750
Median home value	$556,300	$612,800
Median gross rent	$1,826	—
Housing units	1,833	1,173
Homeownership rate	78.2%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	63.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Notch	Pines Lake
Population	4,277 → 3,898 (-8.9%)	2,827 → 2,989 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$125,278 → $151,705 (+21.1%)	$157,379 → $177,750 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$449,100 → $556,300 (+23.9%)	$596,100 → $612,800 (+2.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,431 → $1,826 (+27.6%)	—

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

Pines Lake

Population

2,8272,989

Median household income

$157,379$177,750

Median home value

$596,100$612,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Notch	Pines Lake
Under 5	0.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	7.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.3%
55 to 64	23.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.8%
75 and over	7.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Notch	Pines Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	82.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Notch	Pines Lake
No high school diploma	0.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	16.9%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Notch	Pines Lake
Drove alone	75.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	5.5%
Public transit	6.4%	6.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	19.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Notch	Pines Lake
1-unit, detached	63.9%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Notch	Pines Lake
Poverty rate	1.4%	4.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1962	1967