Hopatcong vs Newton

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

Hopatcong and Newton 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 8,336 in Newton). Hopatcong has the higher median household income ($114,057 vs $73,679 in Newton). Hopatcong has the higher median home value ($318,600 vs $282,300 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Hopatcong	Newton
Population	14,470	8,336
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$114,057	$73,679
Median home value	$318,600	$282,300
Median gross rent	$1,563	$1,383
Housing units	6,427	3,794
Homeownership rate	89.5%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopatcong	Newton
Population	14,281 → 14,470 (+1.3%)	7,910 → 8,336 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$89,400 → $114,057 (+27.6%)	$68,365 → $73,679 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$237,000 → $318,600 (+34.4%)	$212,200 → $282,300 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,563 (+7.3%)	$1,175 → $1,383 (+17.7%)

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

Newton

Population

7,9108,336

Median household income

$68,365$73,679

Median home value

$212,200$282,300

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hopatcong	Newton
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	16.2%	14.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.9%
75 and over	4.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopatcong	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	75.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopatcong	Newton
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopatcong	Newton
Drove alone	76.9%	80.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	8.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopatcong	Newton
1-unit, detached	93.9%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Hopatcong	Newton
Poverty rate	4.2%	15.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	36	26
Median year structure built	1962	1960