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Mountain Lakes borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Mountain Lakes borough is a Census borough of 4,585 people across 2.64 square miles of land, in Morris County. Median household income is $250,001, 96.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.6 m.
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Mountain Lakes
What Mountain Lakes is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area2.64 sq mi
- Water area0.26 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,734
- County holding the largest share of its areaMorris County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Mountain Lakes
- Population4,585
- Median age43.4
- Population under 181,501
- Share under 1832.7 percent
- Population 65 and over604 plus or minus 131
- Share 65 and over13.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Households1,443
- Family households1,269
- Share of households that are families87.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Mountain Lakes
- Median household income$250,001
- Per capita income$116,093
- Civilian labor force2,313
- Employed2,257
- Unemployed56 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate2.4 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over2,852
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher85.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree45.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Mountain Lakes
- Housing units1,492
- Occupied units1,443
- Vacant units49 plus or minus 46
- Vacancy rate3.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied1,387
- Renter occupied56 plus or minus 34
- Ownership rate96.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$917,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$3,501
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.8 percent
- Single family units1,483
- Share single family99.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes9 plus or minus 14
- Median year structure built1949
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Mountain Lakes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,548
- Commuting under 15 minutes457 plus or minus 174
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.5 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more762 plus or minus 176
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more49.2 percent
- Drove alone56.7 percent
- Carpooled4.2 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport5.8 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home30.8 percent plus or minus 7.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Mountain Lakes (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$6,553,300
- Average approval$728,144
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$3,901,000
- Largest approval$3,901,000
- Jobs supported20
- Jobs per approval2.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Mountain Lakes (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,164,000
- Average approval$1,164,000
- Median approval$1,164,000
- Largest approval$1,164,000
- Jobs supported27
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Morris County, not Mountain Lakes
Morris County context, not Mountain Lakes figures
These are Morris County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Mountain Lakes measurements.
- Establishments in Morris County16,518
- Employment at those establishments, Morris County301,249
- Covered employment, Morris County298,824
- Average annual pay, Morris County$101,208
- Average weekly wage, Morris County$1,946
- Housing units permitted, Morris County2,055
- Of those, single family, Morris County864
- County product, 2024, Morris County$74,395,289,000
- County product change over the prior year, Morris County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Morris County$142,777
Every figure in this section is published for Morris County as a whole and is not a measurement of Mountain Lakes. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Mountain Lakes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey?
4,585, in 1,443 households. Mountain Lakes borough covers 2.64 square miles of land, which is 1,734 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Mountain Lakes in?
Morris County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Mountain Lakes?
$250,001. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $917,000. Median gross rent is $3,501 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Mountain Lakes businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $6.6 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $1.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Mountain Lakes, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Mountain Lakes borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Mountain Lakes. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Mountain Lakes figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Morris County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Mountain Lakes.
Is zoning published for Mountain Lakes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.