Pompton Lakes vs Ringwood

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

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

Ringwood has the higher population (11,600 vs 11,010 in Pompton Lakes). Ringwood has the higher median household income ($142,529 vs $119,038 in Pompton Lakes). Ringwood has the higher median home value ($434,800 vs $411,100 in Pompton Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Pompton Lakes	Ringwood
Population	11,010	11,600
Median age	39.4 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$119,038	$142,529
Median home value	$411,100	$434,800
Median gross rent	$1,822	$1,934
Housing units	4,235	4,241
Homeownership rate	79.6%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	50.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pompton Lakes	Ringwood
Population	11,029 → 11,010 (-0.2%)	12,251 → 11,600 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$102,371 → $119,038 (+16.3%)	$125,476 → $142,529 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$302,700 → $411,100 (+35.8%)	$366,400 → $434,800 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,822 (+18.6%)	$1,776 → $1,934 (+8.9%)

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

Ringwood

Population

12,25111,600

Median household income

$125,476$142,529

Median home value

$366,400$434,800

Median gross rent

$1,776$1,934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Ringwood
Under 5	4.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.9%
75 and over	5.9%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Ringwood
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	6.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pompton Lakes	Ringwood
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Ringwood
Drove alone	80.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.1%
Public transit	4.4%	1.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	15.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Ringwood
1-unit, detached	67.2%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Pompton Lakes	Ringwood
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.4%
Average household size	2.65	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1960	1964