Byram Center vs Highland Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Byram Center and Highland Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highland Lakes has the higher population (3,941 vs 2,018 in Byram Center). Highland Lakes has the higher median household income ($129,500 vs $122,639 in Byram Center). Byram Center has the higher median home value ($349,300 vs $291,200 in Highland Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Byram Center	Highland Lakes
Population	2,018	3,941
Median age	38.9 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$122,639	$129,500
Median home value	$349,300	$291,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,862
Housing units	747	1,991
Homeownership rate	97.9%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byram Center	Highland Lakes
Population	39 → 2,018 (+5074.4%)	5,098 → 3,941 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$105,000 → $122,639 (+16.8%)	$101,171 → $129,500 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$279,000 → $349,300 (+25.2%)	$227,300 → $291,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,500 → $1,862 (+24.1%)

Byram Center

Population

392,018

Median household income

$105,000$122,639

Median home value

$279,000$349,300

Highland Lakes

Population

5,0983,941

Median household income

$101,171$129,500

Median home value

$227,300$291,200

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,862

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byram Center	Highland Lakes
Under 5	5.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	14.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	19.4%	20.3%
65 to 74	8.8%	15.2%
75 and over	4.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byram Center	Highland Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byram Center	Highland Lakes
No high school diploma	2.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	18.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byram Center	Highland Lakes
Drove alone	81.4%	64.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	8.2%
Public transit	1.6%	2.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byram Center	Highland Lakes
1-unit, detached	97.9%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Byram Center	Highland Lakes
Poverty rate	2.2%	3.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	44
Median year structure built	1971	1962