About Mountain Lakes

Mountain Lakes is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 4,256 people and just one neighborhood, Mountain Lakes is the 366th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Mountain Lakes was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic boroughs in the country.

Mountain Lakes is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 94.56% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mountain Lakes is a borough of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mountain Lakes who work in management occupations (26.54%), sales jobs (12.27%), and healthcare (9.05%).

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

Of important note, Mountain Lakes is also a borough of artists. Mountain Lakes has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mountain Lakes's character.

A relatively large number of people in Mountain Lakes telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.73% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

In addition, Mountain Lakes 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, Mountain Lakes is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Mountain 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, Mountain Lakes has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Mountain Lakes's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Mountain Lakes, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.26 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small borough, Mountain Lakes does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Mountain Lakes Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Mountain Lakes is a pretty powerful place. 76.11% of the adults in Mountain Lakes have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Mountain Lakes in 2000 was $65,086, which is wealthy relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $260,344 for a family of four. However, Mountain Lakes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Mountain Lakes is English. Some people also speak Spanish.