Anderson vs Mountain Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Anderson and Mountain Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Anderson and Mountain Lake are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Anderson has the higher population (618 vs 566 in Mountain Lake). Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($99,063 vs $85,655 in Anderson). Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($329,900 vs $261,900 in Anderson).

Population, income & housing

	Anderson	Mountain Lake
Population	618	566
Median age	26.9 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,655	$99,063
Median home value	$261,900	$329,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,795
Housing units	185	302
Homeownership rate	53.0%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anderson	Mountain Lake
Population	351 → 618 (+76.1%)	471 → 566 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$105,217 → $85,655 (-18.6%)	$62,679 → $99,063 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$197,700 → $261,900 (+32.5%)	$195,500 → $329,900 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,234 → $1,795 (+45.5%)

Anderson

Population

351618

Median household income

$105,217$85,655

Median home value

$197,700$261,900

Mountain Lake

Population

471566

Median household income

$62,679$99,063

Median home value

$195,500$329,900

Median gross rent

$1,234$1,795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anderson	Mountain Lake
Under 5	5.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	30.6%	4.4%
18 to 24	2.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	20.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	25.6%	4.6%
45 to 54	2.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	36.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	18.2%
75 and over	0.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anderson	Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	32.8%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	37.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anderson	Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	29.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	5.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	54.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anderson	Mountain Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anderson	Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anderson	Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.2%
Average household size	3.34	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1969	1953