Hewitt vs Pines Lake

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

Hewitt 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.

Pines Lake has the higher population (2,989 vs 2,797 in Hewitt). Hewitt has the higher median household income ($182,516 vs $177,750 in Pines Lake). Pines Lake has the higher median home value ($612,800 vs $436,700 in Hewitt).

Population, income & housing

	Hewitt	Pines Lake
Population	2,797	2,989
Median age	53.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$182,516	$177,750
Median home value	$436,700	$612,800
Median gross rent	$2,236	—
Housing units	1,160	1,173
Homeownership rate	95.5%	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	63.7%
Unemployment rate	29.5%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hewitt	Pines Lake
Population	2,612 → 2,797 (+7.1%)	2,827 → 2,989 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$156,053 → $182,516 (+17.0%)	$157,379 → $177,750 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$325,500 → $436,700 (+34.2%)	$596,100 → $612,800 (+2.8%)

Hewitt

Population

2,6122,797

Median household income

$156,053$182,516

Median home value

$325,500$436,700

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)

	Hewitt	Pines Lake
Under 5	8.2%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	0.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	3.6%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	21.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	19.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	15.8%
75 and over	4.9%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hewitt	Pines Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hewitt	Pines Lake
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.4%
High school graduate	44.4%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hewitt	Pines Lake
Drove alone	59.5%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	5.5%
Public transit	0.2%	6.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.5%	19.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hewitt	Pines Lake
1-unit, detached	96.7%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hewitt	Pines Lake
Poverty rate	1.5%	4.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	47	35
Median year structure built	1961	1967