Pompton Lakes vs Totowa

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

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

Pompton Lakes has the higher population (11,010 vs 10,919 in Totowa). Pompton Lakes has the higher median household income ($119,038 vs $114,177 in Totowa). Totowa has the higher median home value ($507,700 vs $411,100 in Pompton Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Pompton Lakes	Totowa
Population	11,010	10,919
Median age	39.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,038	$114,177
Median home value	$411,100	$507,700
Median gross rent	$1,822	$1,703
Housing units	4,235	4,002
Homeownership rate	79.6%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pompton Lakes	Totowa
Population	11,029 → 11,010 (-0.2%)	10,828 → 10,919 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$102,371 → $119,038 (+16.3%)	$105,637 → $114,177 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$302,700 → $411,100 (+35.8%)	$371,200 → $507,700 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,822 (+18.6%)	$1,569 → $1,703 (+8.5%)

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

Totowa

Population

10,82810,919

Median household income

$105,637$114,177

Median home value

$371,200$507,700

Median gross rent

$1,569$1,703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Totowa
Under 5	4.5%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	11.3%
75 and over	5.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Totowa
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	63.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	23.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pompton Lakes	Totowa
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Totowa
Drove alone	80.8%	72.9%
Carpooled	3.2%	9.7%
Public transit	4.4%	2.3%
Walked	1.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	14.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Totowa
1-unit, detached	67.2%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	12.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pompton Lakes	Totowa
Poverty rate	9.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1960	1958