Packanack Lake vs Upper Greenwood Lake

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

Packanack Lake 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.

Packanack Lake has the higher population (6,126 vs 3,621 in Upper Greenwood Lake). Packanack Lake has the higher median household income ($196,343 vs $124,297 in Upper Greenwood Lake). Packanack Lake has the higher median home value ($594,000 vs $331,400 in Upper Greenwood Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Packanack Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Population	6,126	3,621
Median age	43.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$196,343	$124,297
Median home value	$594,000	$331,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,120
Housing units	1,987	1,495
Homeownership rate	95.8%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Packanack Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Population	5,699 → 6,126 (+7.5%)	3,883 → 3,621 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$142,353 → $196,343 (+37.9%)	$104,769 → $124,297 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$497,600 → $594,000 (+19.4%)	$258,000 → $331,400 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,875 → $3,501 (+21.8%)	$2,056 → $2,120 (+3.1%)

Packanack Lake

Population

5,6996,126

Median household income

$142,353$196,343

Median home value

$497,600$594,000

Median gross rent

$2,875$3,501

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)

	Packanack Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Under 5	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	18.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	19.6%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.8%
75 and over	6.8%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Packanack Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	85.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Packanack Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	15.1%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.5%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Packanack Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Drove alone	63.6%	72.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.5%
Public transit	5.8%	2.7%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Packanack Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
1-unit, detached	99.7%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Packanack Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Poverty rate	1.0%	3.2%
Average household size	3.08	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	53
Median year structure built	1955	1971