Great Notch vs Upper Greenwood Lake

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

Great Notch and Upper Greenwood 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 3,621 in Upper Greenwood Lake). Great Notch has the higher median household income ($151,705 vs $124,297 in Upper Greenwood Lake). Great Notch has the higher median home value ($556,300 vs $331,400 in Upper Greenwood Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Great Notch	Upper Greenwood Lake
Population	3,898	3,621
Median age	52.8 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$151,705	$124,297
Median home value	$556,300	$331,400
Median gross rent	$1,826	$2,120
Housing units	1,833	1,495
Homeownership rate	78.2%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Notch	Upper Greenwood Lake
Population	4,277 → 3,898 (-8.9%)	3,883 → 3,621 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$125,278 → $151,705 (+21.1%)	$104,769 → $124,297 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$449,100 → $556,300 (+23.9%)	$258,000 → $331,400 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,431 → $1,826 (+27.6%)	$2,056 → $2,120 (+3.1%)

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

Upper Greenwood Lake

Population

3,8833,621

Median household income

$104,769$124,297

Median home value

$258,000$331,400

Median gross rent

$2,056$2,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Notch	Upper Greenwood Lake
Under 5	0.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	18.6%
55 to 64	23.5%	19.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	6.8%
75 and over	7.2%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Notch	Upper Greenwood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	85.7%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Notch	Upper Greenwood Lake
No high school diploma	0.9%	3.3%
High school graduate	16.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Notch	Upper Greenwood Lake
Drove alone	75.9%	72.3%
Carpooled	1.9%	8.5%
Public transit	6.4%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	16.5%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Notch	Upper Greenwood Lake
1-unit, detached	63.9%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Great Notch	Upper Greenwood Lake
Poverty rate	1.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	53
Median year structure built	1962	1971