Highland Lakes vs Stanhope

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

Highland Lakes and Stanhope 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 3,551 in Stanhope). Stanhope has the higher median household income ($134,583 vs $129,500 in Highland Lakes). Stanhope has the higher median home value ($326,000 vs $291,200 in Highland Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Lakes	Stanhope
Population	3,941	3,551
Median age	49.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$129,500	$134,583
Median home value	$291,200	$326,000
Median gross rent	$1,862	$1,796
Housing units	1,991	1,359
Homeownership rate	92.6%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.7%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Lakes	Stanhope
Population	5,098 → 3,941 (-22.7%)	3,346 → 3,551 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$101,171 → $129,500 (+28.0%)	$95,819 → $134,583 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $291,200 (+28.1%)	$247,400 → $326,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,862 (+24.1%)	$1,657 → $1,796 (+8.4%)

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

Stanhope

Population

3,3463,551

Median household income

$95,819$134,583

Median home value

$247,400$326,000

Median gross rent

$1,657$1,796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Lakes	Stanhope
Under 5	3.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	12.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	17.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.0%
75 and over	4.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Lakes	Stanhope
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Lakes	Stanhope
No high school diploma	1.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	25.2%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Lakes	Stanhope
Drove alone	64.8%	75.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.9%
Public transit	2.1%	1.8%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.1%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Lakes	Stanhope
1-unit, detached	92.6%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Lakes	Stanhope
Poverty rate	3.0%	2.5%
Average household size	2.36	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	44	36
Median year structure built	1962	1969