Pompton Lakes vs Preakness

A side-by-side comparison of Pompton Lakes and Preakness: population, income, housing, and more.

Pompton Lakes and Preakness are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Preakness has the higher population (18,538 vs 11,010 in Pompton Lakes). Preakness has the higher median household income ($133,168 vs $119,038 in Pompton Lakes). Preakness has the higher median home value ($603,200 vs $411,100 in Pompton Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Pompton Lakes	Preakness
Population	11,010	18,538
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,038	$133,168
Median home value	$411,100	$603,200
Median gross rent	$1,822	$1,946
Housing units	4,235	6,906
Homeownership rate	79.6%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pompton Lakes	Preakness
Population	11,029 → 11,010 (-0.2%)	18,300 → 18,538 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$102,371 → $119,038 (+16.3%)	$120,380 → $133,168 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$302,700 → $411,100 (+35.8%)	$489,900 → $603,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,822 (+18.6%)	$1,637 → $1,946 (+18.9%)

Pompton Lakes

Population

11,02911,010

Median household income

$102,371$119,038

Median home value

$302,700$411,100

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,822

Preakness

Population

18,30018,538

Median household income

$120,380$133,168

Median home value

$489,900$603,200

Median gross rent

$1,637$1,946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Preakness
Under 5	4.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	8.3%
75 and over	5.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Preakness
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pompton Lakes	Preakness
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Preakness
Drove alone	80.8%	72.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.7%
Public transit	4.4%	6.8%
Walked	1.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	12.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Preakness
1-unit, detached	67.2%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	12.8%
20 or more units	12.3%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pompton Lakes	Preakness
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.65	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1960	1967