Pompton Lakes is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,874 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pompton Lakes is the 174th largest community in New Jersey. Housing costs in Pompton Lakes are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.Pompton Lakes is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pompton Lakes is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pompton Lakes who work in management occupations (13.65%), office and administrative support (12.46%), and business and financial occupations (10.18%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.77% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Pompton Lakes is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Pompton Lakes a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The borough’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Pompton Lakes has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Pompton Lakes’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. One downside of living in Pompton Lakes, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.41 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead. In Pompton Lakes, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Pompton Lakes is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.The education level of Pompton Lakes ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Pompton Lakes, 41.36% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Pompton Lakes in 2022 was $52,389, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $209,556 for a family of four. However, Pompton Lakes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pompton Lakes is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Pompton Lakes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pompton Lakes residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pompton Lakes also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.86% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pompton Lakes include Italian, Irish, German, Albanian, and English. Pompton Lakes also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.13%. The most common language spoken in Pompton Lakes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
