Brookfield vs Mountain Lake

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

Brookfield 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.

Brookfield has the higher population (666 vs 566 in Mountain Lake). Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($99,063 vs $55,772 in Brookfield). Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($329,900 vs $310,600 in Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Mountain Lake
Population	666	566
Median age	82.6 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,772	$99,063
Median home value	$310,600	$329,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,795
Housing units	495	302
Homeownership rate	73.7%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Mountain Lake
Population	822 → 666 (-19.0%)	471 → 566 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$53,728 → $55,772 (+3.8%)	$62,679 → $99,063 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$262,200 → $310,600 (+18.5%)	$195,500 → $329,900 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,234 → $1,795 (+45.5%)

Brookfield

Population

822666

Median household income

$53,728$55,772

Median home value

$262,200$310,600

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)

	Brookfield	Mountain Lake
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	4.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	4.6%
45 to 54	3.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	36.6%
65 to 74	3.8%	18.2%
75 and over	82.9%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Mountain Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Mountain Lake
Drove alone	16.7%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	34.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	48.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	43.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	45.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.2%
Average household size	1.48	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	2003	1953