Haledon vs Pompton Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Haledon and Pompton Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pompton Lakes has the higher population (11,010 vs 8,936 in Haledon). Pompton Lakes has the higher median household income ($119,038 vs $94,178 in Haledon). Pompton Lakes has the higher median home value ($411,100 vs $347,700 in Haledon).

Population, income & housing

	Haledon	Pompton Lakes
Population	8,936	11,010
Median age	40.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$94,178	$119,038
Median home value	$347,700	$411,100
Median gross rent	$1,651	$1,822
Housing units	3,318	4,235
Homeownership rate	48.3%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haledon	Pompton Lakes
Population	8,325 → 8,936 (+7.3%)	11,029 → 11,010 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$70,167 → $94,178 (+34.2%)	$102,371 → $119,038 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$271,700 → $347,700 (+28.0%)	$302,700 → $411,100 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $1,651 (+17.3%)	$1,536 → $1,822 (+18.6%)

Haledon

Population

8,3258,936

Median household income

$70,167$94,178

Median home value

$271,700$347,700

Median gross rent

$1,408$1,651

Pompton Lakes

Population

11,02911,010

Median household income

$102,371$119,038

Median home value

$302,700$411,100

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haledon	Pompton Lakes
Under 5	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.0%
75 and over	7.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haledon	Pompton Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	25.3%	70.9%
Black or African American	11.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	55.2%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haledon	Pompton Lakes
No high school diploma	11.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	38.7%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haledon	Pompton Lakes
Drove alone	74.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	3.2%
Public transit	5.0%	4.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.8%
Other means	3.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haledon	Pompton Lakes
1-unit, detached	36.2%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	47.2%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	8.5%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Haledon	Pompton Lakes
Poverty rate	9.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1961	1960