Hamburg vs Highland Lakes

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

Hamburg 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 3,293 in Hamburg). Highland Lakes has the higher median household income ($129,500 vs $90,655 in Hamburg). Highland Lakes has the higher median home value ($291,200 vs $258,200 in Hamburg).

Population, income & housing

	Hamburg	Highland Lakes
Population	3,293	3,941
Median age	41.6 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,655	$129,500
Median home value	$258,200	$291,200
Median gross rent	$1,714	$1,862
Housing units	1,575	1,991
Homeownership rate	75.7%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamburg	Highland Lakes
Population	3,148 → 3,293 (+4.6%)	5,098 → 3,941 (-22.7%)
Median household income	$76,650 → $90,655 (+18.3%)	$101,171 → $129,500 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $258,200 (+41.5%)	$227,300 → $291,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,376 → $1,714 (+24.6%)	$1,500 → $1,862 (+24.1%)

Hamburg

Population

3,1483,293

Median household income

$76,650$90,655

Median home value

$182,500$258,200

Median gross rent

$1,376$1,714

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)

	Hamburg	Highland Lakes
Under 5	6.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	8.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	17.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	18.4%	20.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	15.2%
75 and over	5.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamburg	Highland Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	63.9%	88.9%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamburg	Highland Lakes
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	28.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	35.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamburg	Highland Lakes
Drove alone	71.8%	64.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	24.1%
Other means	5.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamburg	Highland Lakes
1-unit, detached	39.4%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	26.1%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Hamburg	Highland Lakes
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	33	44
Median year structure built	1983	1962