Pompton Lakes vs Woodland Park

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

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

Woodland Park has the higher population (13,284 vs 11,010 in Pompton Lakes). Pompton Lakes has the higher median household income ($119,038 vs $85,638 in Woodland Park). Woodland Park has the higher median home value ($475,400 vs $411,100 in Pompton Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Pompton Lakes	Woodland Park
Population	11,010	13,284
Median age	39.4 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,038	$85,638
Median home value	$411,100	$475,400
Median gross rent	$1,822	$1,773
Housing units	4,235	5,527
Homeownership rate	79.6%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pompton Lakes	Woodland Park
Population	11,029 → 11,010 (-0.2%)	12,547 → 13,284 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$102,371 → $119,038 (+16.3%)	$77,250 → $85,638 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$302,700 → $411,100 (+35.8%)	$365,900 → $475,400 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,822 (+18.6%)	$1,480 → $1,773 (+19.8%)

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

Woodland Park

Population

12,54713,284

Median household income

$77,250$85,638

Median home value

$365,900$475,400

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Woodland Park
Under 5	4.5%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.5%
75 and over	5.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Woodland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	55.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	32.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pompton Lakes	Woodland Park
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Woodland Park
Drove alone	80.8%	74.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	9.8%
Public transit	4.4%	2.4%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	10.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pompton Lakes	Woodland Park
1-unit, detached	67.2%	27.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	30.0%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	24.4%
20 or more units	12.3%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pompton Lakes	Woodland Park
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.65	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1960	1969