Hopatcong vs Stanhope

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

Hopatcong and Stanhope 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 3,551 in Stanhope). Stanhope has the higher median household income ($134,583 vs $114,057 in Hopatcong). Stanhope has the higher median home value ($326,000 vs $318,600 in Hopatcong).

Population, income & housing

	Hopatcong	Stanhope
Population	14,470	3,551
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$114,057	$134,583
Median home value	$318,600	$326,000
Median gross rent	$1,563	$1,796
Housing units	6,427	1,359
Homeownership rate	89.5%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hopatcong	Stanhope
Population	14,281 → 14,470 (+1.3%)	3,346 → 3,551 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$89,400 → $114,057 (+27.6%)	$95,819 → $134,583 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$237,000 → $318,600 (+34.4%)	$247,400 → $326,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,563 (+7.3%)	$1,657 → $1,796 (+8.4%)

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

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)

	Hopatcong	Stanhope
Under 5	4.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.2%	17.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.0%
75 and over	4.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hopatcong	Stanhope
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	79.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.2%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hopatcong	Stanhope
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hopatcong	Stanhope
Drove alone	76.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.9%
Public transit	1.1%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	12.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hopatcong	Stanhope
1-unit, detached	93.9%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	8.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hopatcong	Stanhope
Poverty rate	4.2%	2.5%
Average household size	2.47	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	36	36
Median year structure built	1962	1969