Mountain Lakes, NJ

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Mountain Lakes, NJ: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,194. 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 MOUNTAIN-LAKES-NJ · Mountain Lakes, NJ 1 ZIPs · 4,194 pop · #96/25278 · Morris County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $250,001
  • RANK-TOP #96/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Chatham
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 96% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,194
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $917,000

Nearest income peer: Chatham, NJ ( $29,019 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 Mountain Lakes

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Mountain 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, Mountain Lakes, NJ sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 1%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,194
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$250,000+
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 $250,000+ and home value $917,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 85.9%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (96.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within New Jersey, New Vernon is the closest lower-income city by average ZIP household income. Its 1 ZIP footprint is the immediate statewide comparison for Mountain Lakes.

Population concentration

Mountain Lakes's single ZIP 07046 carries the town

Mountain Lakes is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 07046 is the entire residential footprint (4,194 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Mountain Lakes's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 139 establishments, 2,141 employees , annual payroll $147,427k (~33 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 07046 (139 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (25) · also Health care and social assistance · Finance and insurance .

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ZIP Codes in Mountain Lakes, NJ

These ZIP codes sit in Morris County, which covers 50 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Mountain Lakes. See the Morris County roll-up →

No other city sharing Morris County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Mountain Lakes. Morristown, Parsippany and Dover sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Dover marks the far end of that range at $84,517, 66% below Mountain Lakes.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
07046 4,194 $250,000+ 139 614

Mountain 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 Mountain Lakes, .