Lopatcong Overlook vs Mountain Lake

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

Lopatcong Overlook 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.

Lopatcong Overlook has the higher population (612 vs 566 in Mountain Lake). Mountain Lake has the higher median household income ($99,063 vs $71,432 in Lopatcong Overlook). Mountain Lake has the higher median home value ($329,900 vs $194,000 in Lopatcong Overlook).

Population, income & housing

	Lopatcong Overlook	Mountain Lake
Population	612	566
Median age	54.7 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,432	$99,063
Median home value	$194,000	$329,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,795
Housing units	271	302
Homeownership rate	86.0%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lopatcong Overlook	Mountain Lake
Population	763 → 612 (-19.8%)	471 → 566 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$77,933 → $71,432 (-8.3%)	$62,679 → $99,063 (+58.0%)
Median home value	$202,600 → $194,000 (-4.2%)	$195,500 → $329,900 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,408 → $2,101 (+49.2%)	$1,234 → $1,795 (+45.5%)

Lopatcong Overlook

Population

763612

Median household income

$77,933$71,432

Median home value

$202,600$194,000

Median gross rent

$1,408$2,101

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)

	Lopatcong Overlook	Mountain Lake
Under 5	15.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	10.1%	4.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	4.6%	4.6%
45 to 54	4.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	17.6%	36.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	18.2%
75 and over	15.0%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lopatcong Overlook	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+

	Lopatcong Overlook	Mountain Lake
No high school diploma	2.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lopatcong Overlook	Mountain Lake
Drove alone	91.7%	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	8.3%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lopatcong Overlook	Mountain Lake
1-unit, detached	0.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	41.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	50.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lopatcong Overlook	Mountain Lake
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	2000	1953