About Lake Mohawk

Lake Mohawk is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 9,759 people and just one neighborhood, Lake Mohawk is the 212nd largest community in New Jersey.

Lake Mohawk is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.90% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lake Mohawk is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Mohawk who work in management occupations (17.72%), sales jobs (14.85%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.62%).

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

In addition, Lake Mohawk is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Lake Mohawk is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Lake Mohawk's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Lake Mohawk is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lake Mohawk, the average commute to work is 41.34 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Lake Mohawk Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Lake Mohawk. 47.18% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Lake Mohawk in 2000 was $35,637, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,548 for a family of four. However, Lake Mohawk contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Lake Mohawk is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.