Franklin vs Lake Mohawk

A side-by-side comparison of Franklin and Lake Mohawk: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Mohawk has the higher population (9,116 vs 4,938 in Franklin). Lake Mohawk has the higher median household income ($145,806 vs $90,152 in Franklin). Lake Mohawk has the higher median home value ($418,800 vs $253,100 in Franklin).

Population, income & housing

	Franklin	Lake Mohawk
Population	4,938	9,116
Median age	51.6 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,152	$145,806
Median home value	$253,100	$418,800
Median gross rent	$1,340	$1,838
Housing units	2,359	4,096
Homeownership rate	57.0%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Franklin	Lake Mohawk
Population	4,778 → 4,938 (+3.3%)	8,999 → 9,116 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$65,329 → $90,152 (+38.0%)	$128,547 → $145,806 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$187,600 → $253,100 (+34.9%)	$349,200 → $418,800 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,340 (+25.9%)	$1,638 → $1,838 (+12.2%)

Franklin

Population

4,7784,938

Median household income

$65,329$90,152

Median home value

$187,600$253,100

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,340

Lake Mohawk

Population

8,9999,116

Median household income

$128,547$145,806

Median home value

$349,200$418,800

Median gross rent

$1,638$1,838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Franklin	Lake Mohawk
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	5.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	15.6%
55 to 64	20.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	15.9%	9.9%
75 and over	9.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Franklin	Lake Mohawk
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Franklin	Lake Mohawk
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Franklin	Lake Mohawk
Drove alone	81.9%	70.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.6%	2.4%
Walked	1.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	19.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Franklin	Lake Mohawk
1-unit, detached	50.7%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	0.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Franklin	Lake Mohawk
Poverty rate	8.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1958	1960