Hewitt vs Upper Greenwood Lake

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

Hewitt 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.

Upper Greenwood Lake has the higher population (3,621 vs 2,797 in Hewitt). Hewitt has the higher median household income ($182,516 vs $124,297 in Upper Greenwood Lake). Hewitt has the higher median home value ($436,700 vs $331,400 in Upper Greenwood Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hewitt	Upper Greenwood Lake
Population	2,797	3,621
Median age	53.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$182,516	$124,297
Median home value	$436,700	$331,400
Median gross rent	$2,236	$2,120
Housing units	1,160	1,495
Homeownership rate	95.5%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	29.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hewitt	Upper Greenwood Lake
Population	2,612 → 2,797 (+7.1%)	3,883 → 3,621 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$156,053 → $182,516 (+17.0%)	$104,769 → $124,297 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$325,500 → $436,700 (+34.2%)	$258,000 → $331,400 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,056 → $2,120 (+3.1%)

Hewitt

Population

2,6122,797

Median household income

$156,053$182,516

Median home value

$325,500$436,700

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)

	Hewitt	Upper Greenwood Lake
Under 5	8.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.1%
18 to 24	0.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	3.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	21.3%	18.6%
55 to 64	19.3%	19.6%
65 to 74	13.8%	6.8%
75 and over	4.9%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hewitt	Upper Greenwood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hewitt	Upper Greenwood Lake
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	44.4%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hewitt	Upper Greenwood Lake
Drove alone	59.5%	72.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	2.7%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.5%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hewitt	Upper Greenwood Lake
1-unit, detached	96.7%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hewitt	Upper Greenwood Lake
Poverty rate	1.5%	3.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	47	53
Median year structure built	1961	1971