Lake MohawkNJ
It is a town of 9,508 residents in New Jersey.
Is Lake Mohawk a good place to live?
Lake Mohawk’s typical 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 City parkCentral 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.
Most of Lake Mohawk’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
The share of workers in Lake Mohawk who work from home: 23%. Most working residents leave Lake Mohawk for work: only 5% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 440, to 1,934. Its average trip to work stands at 35 minutes.
| 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
Natural hazards: low risk in Lake Mohawk, mostly cold waves
Paid flood insurance claims in Lake Mohawk since 2000: 3. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 78% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Lake Mohawk break down as 34% from cold waves and 32% from inland flooding.
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
Lake Mohawk has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 18° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Lake Mohawk is
Just over a tenth of Lake Mohawk adults report frequent physical distress. Of 32 CDC measures, Lake Mohawk beats the New Jersey average on 16 and trails it on 1. In Lake Mohawk, 17% of adults get no exercise outside work, and 14% report frequent mental distress.
| 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
Conservation land takes up 4.5% of Lake Mohawk
Trails run 0.3 miles in 1 park or preserve. The trail network density for Lake Mohawk comes to 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
A home in Lake Mohawk sells for about $617K at the median
85% of households are owner-occupiers in the town. Lake Mohawk’s median rent is $1,989 a month. In Lake Mohawk, 71% of sales closed above the list price.
| Lake Mohawk | New Jersey towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,989 a month | $1,778 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 77% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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.