About Lake Hopatcong

Lake Hopatcong is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 6,900 people and just one neighborhood, Lake Hopatcong is the 282nd largest community in New Jersey.

Unlike some towns , Lake Hopatcong isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Lake Hopatcong are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Hopatcong is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Hopatcong who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.03%), sales jobs (12.63%), and management occupations (10.70%).

Also of interest is that Lake Hopatcong has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Lake Hopatcong is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Lake Hopatcong is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Lake Hopatcong 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 town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Lake Hopatcong has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Lake Hopatcong's overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

In Lake Hopatcong, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.22 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Lake Hopatcong is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Lake Hopatcong isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.76% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Lake Hopatcong does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Lake Hopatcong Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Lake Hopatcong is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 23.13% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lake Hopatcong in 2000 was $27,061, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $108,244 for a family of four. However, Lake Hopatcong contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lake Hopatcong home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Hopatcong is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lake Hopatcong include Italian, Irish, German, English, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Lake Hopatcong is English. Some people also speak Spanish.