Hopatcong vs Lake Mohawk

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

Hopatcong 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.

Hopatcong has the higher population (14,470 vs 9,116 in Lake Mohawk). Lake Mohawk has the higher median household income ($145,806 vs $114,057 in Hopatcong). Lake Mohawk has the higher median home value ($418,800 vs $318,600 in Hopatcong).

Population, income & housing

	Hopatcong	Lake Mohawk
Population	14,470	9,116
Median age	41.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$114,057	$145,806
Median home value	$318,600	$418,800
Median gross rent	$1,563	$1,838
Housing units	6,427	4,096
Homeownership rate	89.5%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopatcong	Lake Mohawk
Population	14,281 → 14,470 (+1.3%)	8,999 → 9,116 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$89,400 → $114,057 (+27.6%)	$128,547 → $145,806 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$237,000 → $318,600 (+34.4%)	$349,200 → $418,800 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,563 (+7.3%)	$1,638 → $1,838 (+12.2%)

Hopatcong

Population

14,28114,470

Median household income

$89,400$114,057

Median home value

$237,000$318,600

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,563

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)

	Hopatcong	Lake Mohawk
Under 5	4.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.9%
75 and over	4.4%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopatcong	Lake Mohawk
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	85.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopatcong	Lake Mohawk
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopatcong	Lake Mohawk
Drove alone	76.9%	70.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.8%
Public transit	1.1%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	19.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopatcong	Lake Mohawk
1-unit, detached	93.9%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Hopatcong	Lake Mohawk
Poverty rate	4.2%	1.8%
Average household size	2.47	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1962	1960