Pompton Lakes is a medium-sized borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 10,874 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pompton Lakes is the 174th largest community in New Jersey.

Housing costs in Pompton Lakes are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in New Jersey.

A relatively large number of people in Pompton Lakes telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.77% 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.

Because of many things, Pompton Lakes is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Pompton Lakes really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Pompton Lakes perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Pompton Lakes is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pompton Lakes, the average commute to work is 30.41 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the borough, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

In Pompton Lakes, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Pompton Lakes is a relatively small borough. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The citizens of Pompton Lakes are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.36% of adults in Pompton Lakes have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pompton Lakes in 2022 was $52,389, which is middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $209,556 for a family of four. However, Pompton Lakes contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pompton Lakes is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Pompton Lakes home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pompton Lakes residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pompton Lakes also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.86% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pompton Lakes include Italian, Irish, German, Albanian, and English.

In addition, Pompton Lakes has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.13%).

The most common language spoken in Pompton Lakes is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.