Lake Mohawk vs Stanhope

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

Lake Mohawk and Stanhope 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 3,551 in Stanhope). Lake Mohawk has the higher median household income ($145,806 vs $134,583 in Stanhope). Lake Mohawk has the higher median home value ($418,800 vs $326,000 in Stanhope).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Mohawk	Stanhope
Population	9,116	3,551
Median age	44.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$145,806	$134,583
Median home value	$418,800	$326,000
Median gross rent	$1,838	$1,796
Housing units	4,096	1,359
Homeownership rate	86.5%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Mohawk	Stanhope
Population	8,999 → 9,116 (+1.3%)	3,346 → 3,551 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$128,547 → $145,806 (+13.4%)	$95,819 → $134,583 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$349,200 → $418,800 (+19.9%)	$247,400 → $326,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $1,838 (+12.2%)	$1,657 → $1,796 (+8.4%)

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

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)

	Lake Mohawk	Stanhope
Under 5	5.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.0%
75 and over	8.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Mohawk	Stanhope
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.5%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Mohawk	Stanhope
No high school diploma	2.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	13.2%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Mohawk	Stanhope
Drove alone	70.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.9%
Public transit	2.4%	1.8%
Walked	3.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	12.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Mohawk	Stanhope
1-unit, detached	85.0%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	13.2%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	8.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Mohawk	Stanhope
Poverty rate	1.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	37	36
Median year structure built	1960	1969