Highland Lakes vs Lake Mohawk

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

Highland Lakes 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 3,941 in Highland Lakes). Lake Mohawk has the higher median household income ($145,806 vs $129,500 in Highland Lakes). Lake Mohawk has the higher median home value ($418,800 vs $291,200 in Highland Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Lakes	Lake Mohawk
Population	3,941	9,116
Median age	49.3 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$129,500	$145,806
Median home value	$291,200	$418,800
Median gross rent	$1,862	$1,838
Housing units	1,991	4,096
Homeownership rate	92.6%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.7%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Lakes	Lake Mohawk
Population	5,098 → 3,941 (-22.7%)	8,999 → 9,116 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$101,171 → $129,500 (+28.0%)	$128,547 → $145,806 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $291,200 (+28.1%)	$349,200 → $418,800 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,862 (+24.1%)	$1,638 → $1,838 (+12.2%)

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

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)

	Highland Lakes	Lake Mohawk
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	20.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.9%
75 and over	4.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Lakes	Lake Mohawk
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Lakes	Lake Mohawk
No high school diploma	1.4%	2.0%
High school graduate	25.2%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Lakes	Lake Mohawk
Drove alone	64.8%	70.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.8%
Public transit	2.1%	2.4%
Walked	0.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Lakes	Lake Mohawk
1-unit, detached	92.6%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Highland Lakes	Lake Mohawk
Poverty rate	3.0%	1.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	44	37
Median year structure built	1962	1960