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Highland Lakes, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Highland Lakes, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,616. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet HIGHLAND-LAKES-NJ · Highland Lakes, NJ 1 ZIPs · 6,616 pop · #3230/25278 · Sussex County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $108,722
  • RANK-TOP #3230/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hopatcong
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 97% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,616
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $295,000

Nearest income peer: Hopatcong, NJ ( $71 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Highland Lakes

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Highland Lakes on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Highland Lakes, NJ sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,616
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$108,722
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $108,722 and home value $295,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 44.2%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (96.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New Jersey, Hopatcong is the closest lower-income city and Sewaren the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Highland Lakes.

Population concentration

Highland Lakes's single ZIP 07422 carries the town

Highland Lakes is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 07422 is the entire residential footprint (6,616 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Highland Lakes

Citywide ZBP: 44 establishments, 214 employees , annual payroll $16,188k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07422 (44 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (14) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Highland Lakes, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Sussex County, which covers 19 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Highland Lakes. See the Sussex County roll-up →

Highland Lakes lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Sussex County: Sparta, Andover and Stanhope earn more and Hamburg, Vernon and Franklin earn less. Sparta marks the far end of that range at $167,654, 54% above Highland Lakes.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07422 6,616 $108,722 44 208
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Highland Lakes roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Highland Lakes, .