Hawthorne vs Pompton Lakes

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

Hawthorne 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.

Hawthorne has the higher population (19,472 vs 11,010 in Pompton Lakes). Pompton Lakes has the higher median household income ($119,038 vs $118,093 in Hawthorne). Hawthorne has the higher median home value ($499,200 vs $411,100 in Pompton Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Hawthorne	Pompton Lakes
Population	19,472	11,010
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$118,093	$119,038
Median home value	$499,200	$411,100
Median gross rent	$1,828	$1,822
Housing units	8,033	4,235
Homeownership rate	68.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.3%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hawthorne	Pompton Lakes
Population	18,784 → 19,472 (+3.7%)	11,029 → 11,010 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$97,692 → $118,093 (+20.9%)	$102,371 → $119,038 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$381,000 → $499,200 (+31.0%)	$302,700 → $411,100 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,485 → $1,828 (+23.1%)	$1,536 → $1,822 (+18.6%)

Hawthorne

Population

18,78419,472

Median household income

$97,692$118,093

Median home value

$381,000$499,200

Median gross rent

$1,485$1,828

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)

	Hawthorne	Pompton Lakes
Under 5	3.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	17.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.0%
75 and over	7.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hawthorne	Pompton Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	70.9%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hawthorne	Pompton Lakes
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	26.4%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hawthorne	Pompton Lakes
Drove alone	81.3%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	3.2%
Public transit	2.4%	4.4%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	9.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hawthorne	Pompton Lakes
1-unit, detached	52.5%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	30.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Hawthorne	Pompton Lakes
Poverty rate	5.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1953	1960