Lake MohawkNJ
A town of 9,508.
Is Lake Mohawk a good place to live?
Lake Mohawk’s median household income is $149,000, above both the New Jersey town median ($113,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). We don’t grade Lake Mohawk yet; the figures below are still real.
95% of working residents leave Lake Mohawk for work
Where Lake Mohawk’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Madison Square Garden and 267 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Mohawk. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw40 mi GardenCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw40 mi TheatreStudio 54
Big draw40 mi MuseumMuseum of Modern Art1.2M visitors a year
Big draw40 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Natural History5.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Modern Art: hibino, CC BY 2.0 · American Museum of Natural History: Gigi alt, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Lake Mohawk: who provides what
Lake Mohawk is unincorporated, so Sussex County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lake Mohawk.
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Mohawk’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Lake Mohawk for work: only 5% work in town. Lake Mohawk’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, against 30 minutes in New Jersey’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. 23% of workers work from home in Lake Mohawk.
| Lake Mohawk | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 23% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 30 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 2.2% | 6.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cold waves leads a low hazard risk in Lake Mohawk
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities. Since 2000, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lake Mohawk.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical July afternoon in Lake Mohawk is cooler than in most of New Jersey or the rest of the country
The July high in Lake Mohawk is 83°F. Lake Mohawk has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Lake Mohawk is
Lake Mohawk beats the New Jersey average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 25% of Lake Mohawk adults have obesity.
| Lake Mohawk | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 28% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lake Mohawk | NJ |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 14.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.7% | 11.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
4.5% of Lake Mohawk is conserved land
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Lake Mohawk’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Lake Mohawk | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Boardwalk Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lake Mohawk
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Mohawk
About 8 of every 100 Lake Mohawk residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across New Jersey.
Questions about Lake Mohawk
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Mohawk, NJ a good place to live?
We don’t grade Lake Mohawk yet; the figures below are still real.