Montclair State University vs Pines Lake

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

Montclair State University 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 2,177 in Montclair State University). Since 2019, Montclair State University's population has grown faster (+69.4% vs +5.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Montclair State University	Pines Lake
Population	2,177	2,989
Median age	20.0 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$177,750
Median home value	—	$612,800
Housing units	0	1,173
Homeownership rate	—	98.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.5%	63.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montclair State University	Pines Lake
Population	1,285 → 2,177 (+69.4%)	2,827 → 2,989 (+5.7%)
Median household income	—	$157,379 → $177,750 (+12.9%)
Median home value	—	$596,100 → $612,800 (+2.8%)

Montclair State University

Population

1,2852,177

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)

	Montclair State University	Pines Lake
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	1.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	94.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	7.5%
35 to 44	0.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	15.8%
75 and over	0.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montclair State University	Pines Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	82.7%
Black or African American	12.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montclair State University	Pines Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	16.4%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	78.6%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montclair State University	Pines Lake
Drove alone	36.7%	67.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	5.5%
Public transit	12.6%	6.6%
Walked	26.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	19.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montclair State University	Pines Lake
1-unit, detached	—	79.8%
1-unit, attached	—	17.8%
2 to 4 units	—	2.2%
5 to 19 units	—	0.2%
20 or more units	—	0.0%
Mobile home & other	—	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montclair State University	Pines Lake
Poverty rate	—	4.2%
Average household size	—	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	35	35
Median year structure built	—	1967