Pines Lake vs Upper Greenwood Lake

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

Pines 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.

Upper Greenwood Lake has the higher population (3,621 vs 2,989 in Pines Lake). Pines Lake has the higher median household income ($177,750 vs $124,297 in Upper Greenwood Lake). Pines Lake has the higher median home value ($612,800 vs $331,400 in Upper Greenwood Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Pines Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Population	2,989	3,621
Median age	49.4 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$177,750	$124,297
Median home value	$612,800	$331,400
Median gross rent	—	$2,120
Housing units	1,173	1,495
Homeownership rate	98.8%	88.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.7%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pines Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Population	2,827 → 2,989 (+5.7%)	3,883 → 3,621 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$157,379 → $177,750 (+12.9%)	$104,769 → $124,297 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$596,100 → $612,800 (+2.8%)	$258,000 → $331,400 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,056 → $2,120 (+3.1%)

Pines Lake

Population

2,8272,989

Median household income

$157,379$177,750

Median home value

$596,100$612,800

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)

	Pines Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Under 5	2.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	18.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	19.6%
65 to 74	15.8%	6.8%
75 and over	11.4%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pines Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pines Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	16.4%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pines Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Drove alone	67.2%	72.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.5%
Public transit	6.6%	2.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	16.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pines Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
1-unit, detached	79.8%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pines Lake	Upper Greenwood Lake
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	35	53
Median year structure built	1967	1971