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Pompton Lakes borough, New Jersey: commercial real estate data.
Pompton Lakes borough is a Census borough of 11,047 people across 2.89 square miles of land, in Passaic County. Median household income is $124,454, 80.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $6.2 m.
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Pompton Lakes
What Pompton Lakes is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area2.89 sq mi
- Water area0.27 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,826
- County holding the largest share of its areaPassaic 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.
Pompton Lakes
How many people live in Pompton Lakes
- Population11,047
- Median age39.7
- Population under 182,448
- Share under 1822.2 percent
- Population 65 and over1,812 plus or minus 395
- Share 65 and over16.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Households4,248
- Family households3,009
- Share of households that are families70.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pompton Lakes
Income and work in Pompton Lakes
- Median household income$124,454
- Per capita income$55,018
- Civilian labor force6,535
- Employed6,333
- Unemployed202 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate3.1 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over7,919
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher43.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pompton Lakes
Housing in Pompton Lakes
- Housing units4,317
- Occupied units4,248
- Vacant units69 plus or minus 74
- Vacancy rate1.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied3,414
- Renter occupied834 plus or minus 323
- Ownership rate80.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$442,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,845
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.8 percent
- Single family units3,211
- Share single family74.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,038 plus or minus 229
- Share in buildings of two or more24.0 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Mobile homes21 plus or minus 33
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pompton Lakes
How Pompton Lakes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,488
- Commuting under 15 minutes939 plus or minus 250
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.1 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,646
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.2 percent
- Drove alone79.6 percent
- Carpooled3.5 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport3.5 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Walked1.0 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home12.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pompton Lakes
SBA loans in Pompton Lakes (7(a))
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$6,175,000
- Average approval$411,667
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,300,000
- Largest approval$1,374,000
- Jobs supported61
- Jobs per approval4.1
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS12
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 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.
Passaic County, not Pompton Lakes
Passaic County context, not Pompton Lakes figures
These are Passaic County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Pompton Lakes measurements.
- Establishments in Passaic County12,406
- Employment at those establishments, Passaic County146,956
- Covered employment, Passaic County170,830
- Average annual pay, Passaic County$63,668
- Average weekly wage, Passaic County$1,224
- Housing units permitted, Passaic County852
- Of those, single family, Passaic County209
- County product, 2024, Passaic County$29,073,802,000
- County product change over the prior year, Passaic County5.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Passaic County$74,324
Every figure in this section is published for Passaic County as a whole and is not a measurement of Pompton 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
Pompton Lakes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey?
11,047, in 4,248 households. Pompton Lakes borough covers 2.89 square miles of land, which is 3,826 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Pompton Lakes in?
Passaic 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 Pompton Lakes?
$124,454. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $442,400. Median gross rent is $1,845 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Pompton Lakes businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $6.2 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Pompton Lakes, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Pompton Lakes borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Pompton Lakes. only 3 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 Pompton Lakes figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Passaic 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 Pompton Lakes.
Is zoning published for Pompton Lakes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.