Pines Lake vs William Paterson University of New Jersey

A side-by-side comparison of Pines Lake and William Paterson University of New Jersey: population, income, housing, and more.

Pines Lake and William Paterson University of New Jersey 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 1,240 in William Paterson University of New Jersey). Since 2019, Pines Lake's population has grown faster (+5.7% vs -8.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Pines Lake	William Paterson University of New Jersey
Population	2,989	1,240
Median age	49.4 yrs	19.8 yrs
Median household income	$177,750	—
Median home value	$612,800	—
Housing units	1,173	0
Homeownership rate	98.8%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.7%	73.9%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pines Lake	William Paterson University of New Jersey
Population	2,827 → 2,989 (+5.7%)	1,359 → 1,240 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$157,379 → $177,750 (+12.9%)	—
Median home value	$596,100 → $612,800 (+2.8%)	—

Pines Lake

Population

2,8272,989

Median household income

$157,379$177,750

Median home value

$596,100$612,800

William Paterson University of New Jersey

Population

1,3591,240

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pines Lake	William Paterson University of New Jersey
Under 5	2.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	0.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	97.7%
25 to 34	7.5%	1.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	15.8%	0.0%
75 and over	11.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pines Lake	William Paterson University of New Jersey
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	35.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	34.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pines Lake	William Paterson University of New Jersey
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	47.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pines Lake	William Paterson University of New Jersey
Drove alone	67.2%	24.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	18.6%
Public transit	6.6%	4.4%
Walked	0.8%	49.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pines Lake	William Paterson University of New Jersey
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

	Pines Lake	William Paterson University of New Jersey
Poverty rate	4.2%	—
Average household size	2.55	—
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1967	—