Lake Mohawk vs Newton

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

Lake Mohawk and Newton 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 8,336 in Newton). Lake Mohawk has the higher median household income ($145,806 vs $73,679 in Newton). Lake Mohawk has the higher median home value ($418,800 vs $282,300 in Newton).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Mohawk	Newton
Population	9,116	8,336
Median age	44.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$145,806	$73,679
Median home value	$418,800	$282,300
Median gross rent	$1,838	$1,383
Housing units	4,096	3,794
Homeownership rate	86.5%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Mohawk	Newton
Population	8,999 → 9,116 (+1.3%)	7,910 → 8,336 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$128,547 → $145,806 (+13.4%)	$68,365 → $73,679 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$349,200 → $418,800 (+19.9%)	$212,200 → $282,300 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $1,838 (+12.2%)	$1,175 → $1,383 (+17.7%)

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

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)

	Lake Mohawk	Newton
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.6%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.9%
75 and over	8.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Mohawk	Newton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	7.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Mohawk	Newton
No high school diploma	2.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	13.2%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Mohawk	Newton
Drove alone	70.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.3%
Public transit	2.4%	0.3%
Walked	3.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	8.2%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Mohawk	Newton
1-unit, detached	85.0%	53.4%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	8.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	23.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Mohawk	Newton
Poverty rate	1.8%	15.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1960	1960